Continuing Care

TORONTO – VitalHub is excited to announce a partnership with The Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids (GH-CCMH), a leading child and youth mental health centre in Toronto, to implement their TREAT Client Information & Care Coordination software. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in advancing client care and streamlining operations at GH-CCMH. Read More

CALGARY – SAP SE announced that The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF) has selected the GROW with SAP solution to take full advantage of cloud ERP and help meet its current and future ambitions. The GROW with SAP solution will help BSF deliver the right levels of care and services to optimize well-being and enrich lives every day. Read More

LONDON, Ont. – London’s largest health network has launched a new initiative that will give a patient’s health information to staff at their long-term care (LTC) homes within a half-hour of their discharge from hospital. London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) said it’s one of the first hospitals in the province to implement the Ontario eHub Health Information Exchange. Its initial phase will focus on patients transitioning from acute hospital care to LTC. Read More

TORONTO – The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, announced funding of over $1.9 million to support the development and validation of 40 innovations aimed at improving the quality of life for older adults, people living with dementia, and caregivers. Read More

SURREY, B.C. – The City of Surrey has launched a Digital Technology Hub, a free online platform that offers resources to help older adults navigate the digital world and make it easier to connect to services, programs, and people. The Digital Hub offers six categories of information: internet access, devices, training, tech support, virtual healthcare, and online activities. Read More

OTTAWA – François-Philippe Champagne (pictured), minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced that 11 organizations in communities across the country will receive funding as part of the $5.8 million investment in the second phase of the Accessible Technology Program. This investment will support the development of new assistive and adaptive digital devices and technologies to make it easier for Canadians with disabilities to participate fully in the digital economy. Read More

TORONTO – Four Canadian innovators received the Arthritis Ideator Award from Arthritis Society Canada. The award recognizes innovations aimed at improving the lives of the six million Canadians living with arthritis and provides each of the winners with $50,000 for further development of their ventures. Read More

TORONTO – Baycrest is pleased to announce an exclusive collaboration with TELUS Health (formerly LifeWorks) to make its Goal Management Training (GMT) program available to more people in Canada and the United States. The collaboration will introduce GMT to TELUS Health’s AbilitiCBT platform that is currently being used by corporations, healthcare institutions, and health insurance companies. Read More

TORONTO – For-profit nursing homes in Canada’s largest city are vacating the sector rather than undertaking mandatory upgrades, creating a property sell-off that hinders the Ontario government’s promise of 60,000 new and upgraded beds by 2028. Read More

TORONTO – Are you a Canadian startup, community-based or youth-serving organization with an innovative solution to improve the lives of older adults and caregivers? The National Impact Challenge 2023 – Bold Innovations for Living, powered by AGE-WELL and SE Health, is a pitch competition that will bring together selected finalists from across Canada to pitch their technology, innovative program or service for aging with choice and dignity in Canada. Read More