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Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new requirements for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated staff of Long Term Care (LTC) and Community Care Facilities (CCF) in Prince Edward Island. Effective Friday, September 3, regular testing of unvaccinated...
Investing in infrastructure You could say that Prince Edward Island’s newest long-term-care manors are being built around the residents who will live there. “When you design a building you have to start with the people who will use it and the reason they will be there,” says...
The Health PEI senior management group has been redesigned to better support patients and front-line staff, while improving access to health care services. “We are moving to a co-management model where the larger divisions are co-led by both an administrative executive and a...
Prince County seniors now have access to a wide range of mental health resources closer to home. A specialized Seniors Mental Health Resource Team, now operating out of St. Eleanor’s Place in Summerside and clinics across West Prince, provides a mix of services for seniors...
A total of 18 new physicians, 12 specialists and six family medicine physicians, have signed on to practice in Prince Edward Island in 2020. To-date, 13 of these 18 physicians have started caring for Island patients. The remaining five specialists will begin work later this year...
Le personnel au foyer Beach Grove redouble d’efforts pour accueillir les résidents francophones et les aider à se sentir aussi à l’aise que possible. Jenneca Pomeroy, chef de projet des services bilingues, a indiqué que le personnel met tout en œuvre pour parler en français. Un...
Beach Grove Home residents are getting more active thanks to new go!PEI programming for seniors. “Engaging in physical activity is important for Islanders of all ages, and even more so as we get older,” said Minister of Health and Wellness Robert Henderson. “Getting moving for...
La province améliore les soins pour les personnes qui n’ont pas de fournisseurs de soins primaires en ouvrant deux cliniques pour les patients qui ne peuvent pas consulter un fournisseur de soins de santé par l’intermédiaire des soins virtuels parce qu’ils ont besoin d’un rendez...
Création d’emplois pour les Insulaires - Un an après la présentation du Plan d’action pour la population, les quelque 153 116 personnes habitant à l’Île forment la population la plus nombreuse de l’histoire de la province . Pendant la première année de la mise en œuvre de son...