Health committee  We are starting to see some technological solutions being integrated into home care, particularly with smart phones and devices being provided by employers. The problem is that they don't give any ready access to help in an urgent situation. Even if the care worker has the abilit

Health committee  That task force was just mandated to make recommendations to the health minister in Nova Scotia. I know there is a bit of a patchwork across the country. No province that I know of has a standardized application of that kind of technology right across the province.

Health committee  Jennifer made some wonderful points on the human resource side of things. There's one point I would add: We need to have a national strategy on getting people into these professions and retaining them there as well. The retention is a really key point today. I've seen efforts in

Health committee  I think that number has to start with the needs of our patients, residents and clients who are in the health care system. I don't think anyone knows of an arbitrary number that we could impose Canada-wide across the system that would fix all of the issues. The challenge is that

Health committee  It surprised me too when I came to work for CUPE, but it is a shocking reality across the health system. The practices do differ from one province to another. One factor that influences this is the way in which the licensing of facilities works by provincial health departments. O

Health committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to address your committee today. I speak on behalf of the 680,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Our members are on the front line of the health care system, and as such are personally dealing with the phenome