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Families plead for help as coronavirus outbreaks worsen at Toronto long-term care homes

Ontario to open emergency facility for residents in need of temporary relocation Family members of residents in Toronto’s long-term care ho...

Docs Cheer Medicare’s OK to Off-Site Hospital Care

Recent regulatory actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay for hospital care outside of traditional inpatient sites...

Is Telehealth Here To Stay? American Medical Association Calls For Expansion

A year ago, if you were feeling sick, you might go to urgent care or your primary care physician. Since the beginning of the pandemic, however, i...

COVID-19 shutdown has had drastic consequences for many seniors, says P.E.I. geriatrician

Dr. Martha Carmichael says she believes loneliness led to deaths in some cases A P.E.I. geriatrician says many older adults have suffered during ...

GRT Health

The Virtual Care Community

GRTHealth was formed to expand the capabilities of in home and community based care as alternatives to institutional long term care and the inappropriate use of acute care beds As well, with the proximity concerns associated with COVID 19 GRTHealth can provide a means by which patients can receive care at home, limiting the need for in hospital admissions and direct contact with health care providers.