Health Justice Program

Humber River Hospital is looking for Patient & Family Advisors to join their team as partners to improve care. The Hospital is looking for patients (former and current), caregivers or friends of patients. Commitment is expected to be approximately 1 hour per month. For more information and to fill in the application form, visit their website at: https://www.hrh.ca/patients-visito/patient-family-advisors/.

One in 10 Ontario adults say they are struggling with their mental health, according to an annual survey released Tuesday that shows a growing proportion of respondents suffer from mental distress and thoughts of suicide. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-camh-survey-show/

10 MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM HEALTH JUSTICE PRACTICE 10. Self-care Practicing self-care as lawyers and case-workers is essential for sustainably providing legal services as the clients have comprehensive and overlapping needs as they deal with volatile and traumatic life circumstances. Without adequate self-care, a health justice practice may lead compassion fatigue. The various approaches include only seeing a limited number of clients per day, having a team of other lawyers a...nd caseworker to refer matters, flexible work arrangements and adequately trained support staff. #10MajorTakeawaysfromHealthJusticePractice #MedicalLegalPartnership #HealthJustice #10Selfcare

10 MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM HEALTH JUSTICE PRACTICE 9. Stay Focussed on Evaluation Since this is a newly emerging way of practice, there is little research on the long term benefits of medical-legal partnerships. It is for this reason that when you are designing and implementing your program, keep the evaluation in mind. Having fulsome referral forms which include measurement tools such as survey questions to be asked prior and subsequent to meeting with the client will go a lon...g way in saving you resources when it’s time to evaluate the program. #10MajorTakeawaysfromHealthJusticePractice #MedicalLegalPartnership #HealthJustice #9StayFocussedonEvaluation