This units resources explore the Canadian and Ontario health care system. It also includes resources on the geriatric population care in Ontario.

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Canadian Health Care System Resources

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Canada’s Health Care System

Government of Canada. (2019, September 17). Canada's Health Care System. Canada.ca. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/reports-publications/health-care-system/canada.html.

 

Canada’s universal health-care system: achieving its potential

Martin, D., Miller, A. P., Quesnel-Vallée, A., Caron, N. R., Vissandjée, B., & Marchildon, G. P. (2018). Canada's universal health-care system: achieving its potential. The Lancet, 391(10131), 1718–1735. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30181-8

 

Our Health, Our Future: Creating Quality Workplaces for Canadian Nurses

Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee. (2002). Our Health, Our Future.https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/migration/hc-sc/hcs-sss/alt_formats/hpb-dgps/pdf/pubs/2002-cnac-cccsi-final/2002-cnac-cccsi-final-eng.pdf

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The Role of Nurse Leaders in the development of the Canadian Health Care System

Willcox, A., Harris, Y., Whitebear, W., Bazylewski, S., Muller, S., Udod, S., … Duchscher, J. B. (2018, June 30). The Role of Nurse Leaders in the Development of the Canadian Health Care System. Go to the cover page of Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing. https://leadershipandinfluencingchangeinnursing.pressbooks.com/chapter/chapter-4-the-role-of-nurse-leaders-in-the-development-of-the-canadian-health-care-system/.

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Ontario Health Care Funding Resources

 

Health Care in Ontario: How Does it Work and How is it Funded?

Closing the Gap Healthcare. (2018, May 30). Healthcare in Ontario: How does it Work and How is it Funded? https://www.closingthegap.ca/healthcare-in-ontario-how-does-it-work-and-how-is-it-funded/.

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Quality Best Procedures- Health System Funding Reform

Government of Ontario, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. (2020, July 8). Health System Funding Reform- Quality- Based Procedures. Health System Funding Reform - Health Care Professionals - MOHLTC. http://health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/ecfa/funding/hs_funding_qbp.aspx.

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Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition. (2020). Funding. https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/health-system-facts-trends/funding/

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Ontario Health Insurance Plan Coverage

Queen’s Printer of Ontario. (2020, January 8). What OHIP covers. https://www.ontario.ca/page/what-ohip-covers.

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Nursing and the Geriatric Population

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Geriatric Emergency Management Nurisng in Ontario

Flynn DS, Jennings J, Moghabghab R, & Wilding LJY. (2008). Geriatric emergency management nursing in Ontario. NENA Outlook, 31(1), 17–20

 

A Multi-method study of the geriatric learning needs of acute care hospital nurses in Ontario, Canada

Fox, M. T., Butler, J. I., Persaud, M., Tregunno, D., Sidani, S., & McCague, H. (2016). A multi‐method study of the geriatric learning needs of acute care hospital nurses in Ontario, Canada. Research in Nursing & Health, 39(1), 66–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21699

 

Nurses’ Perspectives on the Geriatric Nursing Practice Environment and the Quality of Older People’s Care in Acute Care Hospitals.

Fox, M. T., Sidani, S., Butler, J. I., & Tregunno, D. (2017). Nurses’ Perspectives on the Geriatric Nursing Practice Environment and the Quality of Older People’s Care in Ontario Acute Care Hospitals. The Canadian Journal of Nursing Research = Revue Canadienne de Recherche En Sciences Infirmieres, 49(2), 94–100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0844562117707140

 

An Overview of Geriatric Emergency Management Nursing Practices in Ontario

Ryan, D. P., Splinter Flynn, D., & Wilding, L. (2017). An Overview of Geriatric Emergency Management Nursing Practices in Ontario. Perspectives: The Journal of the Gerontological Nursing Association, 39(4), 6–13.

 

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments: A Rural Ontario Area Case Study

Vanderveen, C. (2019). Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments: A Rural Ontario Area Case Study. Canadian Social Work, 20(2), 64–77.

 

Nurses’ Knowledge of Geriatric Nursing Care in Canadian NICHE Hospitals

Wagner, L. M., Dickson, V. V., Shuluk, J., Richards, J., Fox, M., & Capezuti, E. (2013). Nurses’ Knowledge of Geriatric Nursing Care in Canadian Niche Hospitals. Perspectives: The Journal of the Gerontological Nursing Association, 36(3), 6–14.