Originally posted June 8, 2020. Last updated September 8, 2020
Below is a one-stop-shop of considerations and guidance documents for re-opening healthcare offices and clinics, pulled from the AFHTO COVID-19 resources repository.
Shared on September 3, 2020
BEACON is accessible and effective online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, guided by a registered Mental Health professional, and now funded by the Government of Ontario during COVID-19.
As of September 2020,
Shared August 17, 2020
Georgina Post article published August 5, 2020
By Mike Anderson
More than 130 residents tested negative for COVID-19 after the Georgina Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (GNPLC) launched a “pop-up” drive-thru testing site at the Georgina Sutton Arena Hall parking lot on July 29.
Shared on July 31, 2020
The COVID Alert app is now available for free from the Apple and Google Play app stores.
This new made-in-Ontario mobile privacy-first app, a joint initiative of the Governments of Ontario and Canada, lets you know quickly if you may have been exposed to COVID-19. You can then get tested, sooner, to help protect yourself and those around you.
COVID Alert also provides access to the most up-to-date public health advice and resources to anyone who receives a message that they may have been exposed to the virus, including recommended actions, such as: get tested, self-isolate, or monitor for symptoms. To protect the privacy of all users, the app does not share any details about the time, date, or place of any potential exposure; and does not collect or share any personal information, such as the name, phone number, permanent device identifiers, locations or testing status of any users.
By alerting more Ontarians faster of potential exposure to COVID-19 and providing direct access to public health resources, COVID Alert can help keep us safe and help reduce community spread.
While the app is voluntary, everyone is encouraged download and use the app to help protect yourself and your colleagues. Please promote and introduce this key tool to your colleagues, family, friends, neighbours, and patients. The more of us who use the app, the more effective it will be in helping to stop the spread.
Stay safe and don’t forget that physical distancing, wearing face coverings, practicing good hand hygiene and keeping our social circles safe have been and remain critical in helping us stop COVID-19.
Protect yourself, protect others. We are in this fight together.
COVID Alert Marketing Materials are available here:
Return to: COVID-19 Resources: Infection Control Resources and Tools
CBC article published June 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned Stratford-based family physician Sean Blaine into an internet sensation of sorts — as a YouTube commentator offering tips to navigate the health emergency.
Resources Include:
The interRAI COVID-19 Vulnerability Screener is used to identify persons who may be especially vulnerable during the pandemic, interRAI has developed a brief, standardized screening tool and a comprehensive assessment instrument for clinical use with older adults and adults with disability. RAIsoft, a licensed interRAI vendor, is offering high-quality web-based software for Canadian care providers to use these tools to screen, assess, and monitor their clients free for the duration of the pandemic.
For any questions or to access our demo site, please contact George Heckman, MD (ggheckman@uwaterloo.ca), Sophie Hogeveen, PhD (sophie.hogeveen@uwaterloo.ca), or Amanda Nova, BSc (aanova@uwaterloo.ca)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact daily life for Canadians, mental well-being remains a strong focus. With the province slowly loosening restrictions and businesses starting to re-open, we’re seeing heightened anxiety around returning to work, fear of a second wave of the virus, and uncertainty about returning to normal social behaviours.