CANADAHALIFAX news Halifax ER sees rise in patients who need community services, not acute medical care by admin 21 ديسمبر، 2022 written by admin 21 ديسمبر، 2022 14 Dr. Jasmine Mah says families may turn to hospitals when they cannot find the long-term care, mental health care or home care needed for a loved one CITYnews halifax \ Canadian Press Listen to this article HALIFAX — A Halifax physician and researcher says the city’s emergency department is seeing a rising number of patients who are admitted solely because of social circumstances. Dr. Jasmine Mah, the Dalhousie University researcher leading a study aimed at learning how to care for these patients, says they are often older people struggling to receive home care or unable to access community services. Mah says she’s found that over the holidays the hospital sees a surge of social admissions — involving patients who do not have an acute medical issue but end up in hospital because they need care. The doctor says some health-care workers have shared with her stories of adult children who return home for the holidays to find that their parents’ health has declined. Mah says families may turn to hospitals when they cannot find the long-term care, mental health care or home care needed for a loved one. She says that last year, Halifax’s QEII Health Sciences Centre emergency department recorded 109 cases of these patients and that the hospital is on track to see 120 cases in 2022 — up from 33 reported in 2019. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2022. — This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Meta and Canadian Press News Fellowship. The Canadian Press 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post Touchdown Atlantic to return in 2023 as Argonauts and Roughriders meet in Halifax next post Nova Scotia government appoints new director of police watchdog agency You may also like Small memorial set up outside Walmart where 19-year-old... 23 أكتوبر، 2024 Province reduces HST rate beginning April 1 23 أكتوبر، 2024 Nova Scotia company fined $80,000 after worker dies... 23 أكتوبر، 2024 Driver caught going 65 km/h over the speed... 23 أكتوبر، 2024 BoC delivers half percentage point rate cut, says... 23 أكتوبر، 2024 الحزب الليبرالي: 24 نائباً يطالبون زعيمهم، ترودو، بالتنحي 23 أكتوبر، 2024 بنك كندا يخفّض الفائدة الأساسية نصف نقطة إلى... 23 أكتوبر، 2024 مظاهرة للتنديد بقصف مستشفى شهداء الأقصى في غزة 23 أكتوبر، 2024 New Brunswick Liberals win majority, Susan Holt first... 22 أكتوبر، 2024 إحياء شهر التراث الأميركي اللاتيني في مانيتوبا للمرة... 22 أكتوبر، 2024