Smart Ageing

Increasingly, families are struggling with hospital discharges, especially for elderly persons with complex care needs. The primary reason is that transition planning is not sufficiently planned for or considered. Before you agree to any discharge for a family member, you must first understand what a high-quality transition plan looks like. In a previous blog post, Families Struggling with Hospital Discharges, we outlined the Ontario Health quality standards for discharge planning…..

While most of us prefer to avoid the hospital, there may be times when we require acute hospital care. In Canada, we have basic insured health care coverage, which covers the cost of an acute hospital stay. However, discharge home from the hospital, especially with complex care needs, can be a story of frustration, confusion, and escalating costs with poor outcomes. In today’s overworked hospital systems, there are often long….