Women’s wellness and sexual health services for all Islanders are expanding to rural communities, enhancing access to care and support. Community-based services offered as part of the Women’s Wellness Program are now available in Souris, O’Leary, and Alberton in addition to...
Supporting Island families - Being a patient and family advisor has allowed Karen MacLean to help shape how health care policy is delivered on Prince Edward Island. MacLean, of Summerside, is one of 38 Islanders currently volunteering as patient and family advisors on several...
Strengthening mental health services - Every Monday morning, a five-person team meets at Hernewood Intermediate School. They have different areas of expertise – a mental health therapist, two nurses and two school outreach workers – but they have a shared goal: to help students...
Supporting Island families - A new culturally informed approach to long-term care is helping Summerset Manor’s Acadian and Francophone residents feel more at home. The pilot project allows people with French as a mother tongue to get housing and care in a French-speaking...
Strengthening mental health services - Kings County seniors with complex mental health conditions now have access to a new team of community-based care professionals. Previously available in Prince and Queens counties, a Seniors Mental Health Resource Team is now operating in...