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Thunder Bay Family Network 13.01.2021

We hope the government will release the triage protocol to the public.

Thunder Bay Family Network 07.01.2021

I"n 2020-21, the ministry is providing approximately $31.1 million in funding to school boards for the Behaviour Expertise Amount. This provides funding to hire... professional staff at the board level who have expertise in ABA, as well as offer training opportunities to build school board capacity in ABA." "The training provided through the Geneva Centre for Autism will increase the understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) methods and approaches amongst educators. The training program will begin in 2021." Time to put pressure, folks. Please email your MPPs requesting immediate access to the training program. Funding has been provided for this school year. There is no need to delay it any further. #Actions

Thunder Bay Family Network 02.01.2021

Hospitals Are Near the Breaking Point, but Only "The Pointer", a Local Mississauga Online News Publication, Has Reported How the Ford Government Has Announced N...o Plans to Ensure that Any Triage or Rationing of Life-Saving Medical Care Won't Discriminate Against Patients with Disabilities January 11, 2021 To begin our volunteer advocacy for 2021, we wish one and all a happy, healthy, safe and barrier-free new year! We regret that 2021 begins with the distressing news that soaring COVID-19 infection rates have brought some Ontario hospitals to, or near to, the breaking point. The risk is real that they won't have capacity to provide life-saving critical medical care to some patients that need it. Yet even over ten months into this pandemic, we still have no indication that the Ford Government has put in place a system for rationing or triaging critical care that won't discriminate against patients with disabilities. This triage issue is not some remote hypothetical possibility. It is getting closer and closer here. It has already arrived in parts of the US. In the face of this, it is deeply disturbing and inexplicable that our major media outlets have given this issue no coverage at all since we issued our amply-documented December 21, 2020 news release. It warns of our serious human rights worries. Its headline read: "Just-Revealed Previously Secret Recommendations for Rationing Critical Medical Care in Ontario that the Ford Government is Considering Are Frightening for People with Disabilities". We have repeatedly emailed and/or tweeted that news release and its key points to major news organizations and to a good number of individual reporters. As far as we have found, only one news outlet at all has covered this issue since that news release. It is an excellent article by reporter Isaac Callan of "The Pointer", an online news website in Mississauga Ontario that normally focuses on local Mississauga issues. We set out that excellent report, below. We commend The Pointer for showing leadership in this area. That report shows why this is such an important and newsworthy story. Where is the CBC on this issue? Or the Toronto Star, or CTV, City TV or Global News? Where is the Globe and Mail, or the National Post or the Sun newspaper chain? Where are all those all-news radio stations and cable TV stations? Since the pandemic started, people with disabilities have disproportionately borne its brunt. A clear majority of those dying from COVID-19 are people with disabilities, including those living in long term care homes. The fact that there is a serious risk that those bearing the worst brunt of this disease might be de-prioritized in access to life-saving critical care should be a top headline, not a story that so many in the media are now not covering at all. This news story cries out even more for media attention since the Ford Government has refused to answer any of our six letters on this issue, and, in the news report below, refused to even answer a media inquiry on this issue. Please let the media know that this is an important issue and that it deserves their attention. You and the media can see the whole story on this triage issue by reading our December 21, 2020 news release and visiting the AODA Alliance website's health care page. There have been 711 days, or over 23 months, since the Ford Government received the ground-breaking final report of the Independent Review of the implementation of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act by former Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley. The Government has announced no comprehensive plan of new action to implement that report. That makes even worse the serious problems facing Ontarians with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis, that we have been trying to address over the past ten months. Read The Pointer's story at https://thepointer.com//already-in-crisis-mode-ontario-hos Already in 'crisis mode', Ontario hospitals have no protocol for who gets priority treatment, human rights advocates say By Isaac Callan - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jan 08, 2021 - Brampton, Mississauga

Thunder Bay Family Network 02.01.2021

The following links are for the wage enhancement for Passport and SSAH ($3.00 per hour subsidy). At present this is the only information that we have and as we receive more information we will share with you or if you learn anything please share with us to share with our networks or affiliates. What we are understanding that Passport One will be making the adjustments to the support hours that you have invoiced to Passport since October 1, 2020. For example if you pay your... worker $25.00 per hour and they had 10 hours in October, you will receive a payment of $30.00.

Thunder Bay Family Network 30.12.2020

The Province of Ontario is now in a second provincial emergency and a stay-at-home order is in effect until at least Thursday, Feb. 11. City Manager Norm Gale ...said that many services will continue, including outdoor amenities, during the State of Emergency and Provincial stay-at-home order, but changes will be made to reduce the need for people to leave their homes to access other city services. Read more: https://bit.ly/3qjqlcY

Thunder Bay Family Network 28.12.2020

New and evolving information on COVID and Down Syndrome continues to be highlighted. Stay safe. https://www.ctvnews.ca//it-s-a-constant-worry-individuals-

Thunder Bay Family Network 25.12.2020

Here is some info on an upcoming conference on the transition to adult care, in case you are interested in attending: https://www.transitionhub.ca/transition-co...nference-1 The conference is on Jan 26 & 27. If you are interested, have a look at the program. There are some great speakers and sessions planned. Registration for patients and families with lived experience is $50.

Thunder Bay Family Network 23.12.2020

a little piece I wrote for CBC on eliminating the R-word

Thunder Bay Family Network 15.12.2020

https://news.ontario.ca//ontario-announces-provincewide-sh

Thunder Bay Family Network 11.12.2020

We know the press conference is late, but here are the full shutdown documents. We're going through them now for the education details. https://assets.documentcloud.org//provincewide-shutdown-de

Thunder Bay Family Network 11.12.2020

https://pooranlaw.com/ontario-considers-expanding-definiti/

Thunder Bay Family Network 08.12.2020

DeMille urges public to take new COVID-19 measures seriously #tbay http://ow.ly/I3iN50D7W0J

Thunder Bay Family Network 04.12.2020

After ten months of the pandemic, the numbers have never been higher. And now with even stricter restrictions, we won't be able to see many of the people we wan...t to any time soon. But we still need to connect and we still need each other. We’ve come up with a few ideas you can use to stay intentionally connected and engaged with friends and family. http://bit.ly/38vT7kF

Thunder Bay Family Network 29.11.2020

A BIG THANK YOU to Karen Boyd and Sandra Duke for the spectacular window display for Special Olympics Thunder Bay at the Eatons building on Red River Road. If y...ou haven' t yet drove thru the downtown Red River Road area in the evening......you must! All the window displays are wonderful. What a great way to brighten the downtown area for the holidays. Wishing our Athletes and their families a very safe, happy and healthy holiday season. May 2021 be a much better year. Cheers from Special Olympics Thunder Bay. See more

Thunder Bay Family Network 15.11.2020

New list of workers eligible for emergency childcare. Click on the image to see the full list, it is long.

Thunder Bay Family Network 12.11.2020

All the best to you and your loved ones this holiday season! :) Stay safe and healthy!

Thunder Bay Family Network 07.11.2020

Hello! Fellow OAC director here to share some GREAT news for families in the North!

Thunder Bay Family Network 28.10.2020

The new Autism Service Listing is a one-stop-shop where you can search for autism services across Ontario.

Thunder Bay Family Network 21.10.2020

Our condolences to all his friends and family.

Thunder Bay Family Network 16.10.2020

Join us on Thursday, November 26th from 3-3:30 for our webinar, Jordan’s Principle: Understanding the Funding and How to Apply with Monica Hemeon! Jordan’s Pr...inciple is a child-first and needs-based requirement in Canada to ensure that First Nations children living on and off reserve have equitable access to all government funded public services. This webinar will give you the basics of what it is, how to apply, and who you can connect with for support. Register today! Bit.ly/JordansPrincipleWebinar See more

Thunder Bay Family Network 25.09.2020

Thunder Bay Family Network is interested in developing online/virtual resources for families as a way of supporting you through the COVID19 pandemic. We welcome your feedback about TBFN and what we can do for you and your family. In order to create resources, topics and an online virtual support network that will be of value and benefit to you and your family, we need to identify what is important to you and for your family. Your participation in this survey will help us plan... what is beneficial and valuable to you and your family. 1. How are you staying connected with your family and friends during COVID19? 2. What time of the day would work for you to participate in an online webinar (morning, afternoon or evening)? 3. What information or topic is important to you and your family to learn about? 4. Do you use any online resources that you could share with other families? Please list the resources. 5. What types of media are you most comfortable to use (reading on line articles, webinars using Zoom, Facebook live or viewing on line videos, listening to audio downloads) Thank you for participating in this brief survey about what TBFN can do for your family. If you are not already receiving emails from TBFN directly, we can change that! Email [email protected] and request to be added to TBFN's distribution list - Thanks! :)

Thunder Bay Family Network 15.09.2020

PooranLaw is partnering with Community Living Ontario to host a free webinar to showcase the updated Inspiring Possibilities: Estate Planning Guide 2020. Brendo...n Pooran will present an overview of the Estate Planning Guide and answer questions related to #estateplanning for people with #disabilities as part of a series of informative sessions geared to families. Please click the registration link below and join us on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 12:00pm-1:30pm. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/345000770187055888

Thunder Bay Family Network 02.09.2020

The Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre is offering a FREE 6-week program "Mental health for adults with developmental disabilities during COVID-19: A virtu...al course for family caregivers" This program is for family caregivers (siblings included!) of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD). The curriculum will cover the mental health challenges that this population can face during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will run on Tuesdays from 1:00 2:30 PM EST from November 3th December 8th, 2020. During the 1.5 hour-long session, there will be a short moment of mindfulness, a weekly update on COVID news, a presentation from our family and clinical leaders, and time for discussion. The community will have a chance to engage and learn from one another. Sessions are engaging, interactive, practical and evidence-based. More information about the curriculum can be found at https://edc.camhx.ca/redcap/surveys/?s=WWME9NWFPE To apply please use the following link to register: https://edc.camhx.ca/redcap/surveys/?s=EMM3XLWTRR Please share widely.

Thunder Bay Family Network 17.08.2020

This Mental Illness Awareness Week, we’re encouraging Canadians to prioritize their mental health because we know that without mental health there is no physical health. #MIAW20

Thunder Bay Family Network 13.08.2020

This is why we fight

Thunder Bay Family Network 08.08.2020

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ford Government Refuses to Make Public Its Bioethics Table Repor...t Recommending Which Seriously-Ill COVID-19 Patients Should Be Refused Critical Medical Care They Need if the Surge in COVID-19 Cases Exceeds Hospital Capacity October 5, 2020 Toronto: The Doug Ford Government must now end its unjustified secrecy around its plans for Ontario's most vulnerable patients, if the current surge in COVID-19 cases overloads Ontario hospitals, says a recognized disability advocacy coalition. Deeply disturbing Toronto Star and Radio Canada reports over the last two days, set out below, reveal that the Ford Government refused to make public the report it received last month that recommends how cases should be triaged in such life-and-death situations. The Government-appointed "Bioethics Table" was assigned to recommend how Ontario hospitals should decide which COVID-19 patients should be refused life-saving critical care that they need, and gave the Ford Government their advice in a written report which has been kept secret for three weeks since the Government received it. "This is part of a much larger pattern of totally inappropriate Ford Government secrecy on this life-and-death issue for Ontario's most vulnerable. Last spring the Government had issued a secret protocol direction to Ontario hospitals on this subject that was replete with disability discrimination," said David Lepofsky, chair of the AODA Alliance which has advocated for months on this issue along with other disability leaders and experts. "We've told the Ford Government's Bioethics Table that their earlier proposals for how hospitals should handle this issue are full of human rights violations, but we can't find out if they acted on our concerns because the Government is keeping their report secret." The AODA Alliance has raised with both the Bioethics Table and the Minister of Health the added serious concern that provincial directions to hospitals on this issue should be publicly debated and enacted in a law, and not simply issued in a secret memo to hospitals from some unaccountable level within the Ontario bureaucracy. The Government has not answered these concerns. It is good that Ontario hospitals have not yet had to engage in triage of critical care patients. However, the troubling spike in COVID-19 infections brings Ontario nearer to a point when that triage must happen, especially if the Ford Government did not use the past six months to ensure that Ontario hospitals have the needed expanded critical care capacity. "We need Doug Ford to keep his commitments on protecting Ontario's most vulnerable, and on ensuring complete transparency of his Government's work on the COVID-19 pandemic," said Lepofsky. "The Government's bureaucratic preoccupation with secrecy violates those commitments." The Ford Government should now: 1. Immediately lift its veil of secrecy and make public the report on critical care triage that it received from its Bioethics Table, and the earlier March 28, 2020 critical care triage protocol that the Government sent to Ontario hospitals and never rescinded. 2. Immediately consult the public, including the disability community, on what Ontario's policy should be in this area. 3. Commit that any directions on this issue will be set out in a law, and not simply in a secret memo to Ontario hospitals from some unelected public servant. Contact: AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky, [email protected] Twitter: @aodaalliance For more background on this issue, check out: 1. The AODA Alliance's September 25, 2020 letter to Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott, as yet unanswered, that calls for the steps listed above. 2. The formal written questions to the Ford Government to the same effect, tabled in the Legislature by NDP disabilities critic Joel Harden on September 30,2020 (and which the Government must answer within 24 legislative sitting days after the questions were tabled) 3. The August 30, 2020 AODA Alliance final written submission to the Ford Government's Bioethics Table. 4. The April 8, 2020 open letter to the Ford Government on the medical triage protocol spearheaded by the ARCH Disability Law Centre, of which the AODA Alliances one of many co-signatories 5. The April 14, 2020 AODA Alliance Discussion Paper on Ensuring that Medical Triage or Rationing of Health Care Services During the COVID-19 Crisis Does Not Discriminate Against Patients with Disabilities 6. The May 13, 2020 ARCH Disability Law Centre's Analysis of the March 28, 2020 Triage Protocol, which the AODA Alliance endorses. 7. The July 16, 2020 AODA Alliance Update that lists additional concerns with the revised draft triage protocol. That Update also sets out the Ford Government Bioethics Table's revised draft triage protocol itself. 8. The ARCH Disability Law Centre's July 20, 2020 brief to the Bioethics Table on the revised draft triage protocol and ARCH's September 1, 2020 final submission to the Bioethics Table, both of which are endorsed by the AODA Alliance. 9. The AODA Alliance website's health care page, detailing our efforts to tear down barriers in the health care system facing patients with disabilities, and our COVID-19 page, detailing our efforts to address the needs of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. Toronto Star Online October 4, 2020 (Note: Also included in the October 5, 2020 print edition of the Toronto Star) Originally posted at https://www.thestar.com//its-life-and-death-as-ontario-hos 'It's life and death': As Ontario hospitals face new wave of COVID-19, disability advocates want triage protocol released By Brendan Kennedy Social Justice Reporter Opposition critics and disability advocates are calling on Ontario's government to publicly release its COVID-19 triage protocol, which would guide doctors on how to determine who should get life-saving treatment if hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. The purpose of the protocol, which would only be invoked as a last resort if critical care resources needed to be rationed, is to minimize overall mortality by prioritizing patients with the best chance of survival. The Ministry of Health says the protocol is still being reviewed and will not be made public at this time. A draft version of the protocol, which was first leaked in March, was criticized for discriminating against people with disabilities. A revised draft was circulated this summer as the province solicited feedback from certain groups, including some disability advocates, who said the revised draft was still discriminatory. Among their main concerns was the inclusion in the protocol of the Clinical Frailty Scale, a nine-point grading tool originally designed to assess the relative frailty of elderly patients. Patients who are "very fit" score a one on the scale, while terminally ill patients with fewer than six months to live score a nine. A patient scores higher on the scale the more dependent they are on others for basic activities based on their condition two to four weeks before admission to hospital. Disability advocates said the scale would not take into account whether someone could achieve certain tasks with accommodations. "That's extremely problematic," said Mariam Shanouda, a lawyer for the ARCH Disability Law Centre. "We are in effect saying that a prerequisite for critical care is not having a disability at all." Although it is just one of 13 ineligibility criteria included in the draft protocol, scoring higher on the Clinical Frailty Scale could lead to a patient being excluded from treatment in the event that the number of critical care patients exceeds a hospital's capacity. The protocol states that the tool would only be used to estimate chances of survival for patients with "progressive illness and generalized deterioration in health status" and not for nonprogressive conditions. But Shanouda and other advocates say the scale is inherently discriminatory against people with disabilities, no matter how it is used. Shanouda also pointed to the fact that the scale was not designed for this purpose. Guidelines for using the Clinical Frailty Scale - published by its inventor, Dr. Kenneth Rockwood - state that it has not been validated for people under 65 years old or for people with "stable" disabilities. The government's draft protocol anticipates using it for all adults. On Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said via email that the ministry is currently reviewing the latest proposal from its Bioethics Table, the government-appointed group of physicians and bioethicists enlisted to develop the triage protocol. Since the proposal is under review, the ministry is "unable" to share it publicly, she said. The spokesperson said the ministry heard the concerns from disability rights experts regarding the Clinical Frailty Scale, but could not say whether or not it is included in the latest proposal. The new proposal includes "significant revisions, including revisions related to human rights and equity," she said, adding that it is the result of "extensive consultation over the summer including with the Ontario Human Rights Commission as well Indigenous health leaders, disability rights experts and stakeholders representing marginalized populations and others who may be disproportionately affected by critical care triage." David Lepofsky, chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, said the government's lack of transparency is a major concern. "This is an issue for which there should be a lot of sunshine, not secrecy," he said. "It's life and death." Lepofsky, who obtained a copy of the draft protocol during this summer's consultations, published it on his group's website. The province itself has not released any of the drafts or the Bioethics Table's recommendations. With the province now engulfed in COVID-19's second wave and hospitals raising concerns about their capacity to handle a surge in patients, there is increasing pressure to make the triage protocol public. On Wednesday, Ottawa MPP Joel Harden, the NDP's critic for people with disabilities, submitted written questions in the legislature asking Health Minister Christine Elliott to make public the triage protocol. "We needed this information months ago, but at this point it's unacceptable that people with disabilities don't know the answer to these questions," Harden said in an interview. "In the event that people who are similarly affected by this virus are waiting for life-saving equipment, we certainly don't want any assumptions made about someone's quality of life as a person with a disability and therefore whether or not they should access a ventilator any sooner than anybody else." Critics of the draft protocol also say it lacks due process by not including an appeal mechanism for patients and their families. "There is nothing in their protocol, including the revised protocol, to ensure fairness and due process," Lepofsky said. "I'm not saying (an appeal) could go on for weeks and weeks, but we put forward in our submissions a proposal for a rapid, informal - but necessary - set of due process protections." Roxanne Mykitiuk, a professor at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School and an expert in disability law and bioethics, said the triage protocol should limit its scope to assessing a patient's ability to survive COVID-19 and not try to estimate their lifespan beyond that. "You can't really make that determination accurately, so let's not try," she said. "Let's just make the assessment on a short-term basis." Mykitiuk, who was invited by the Bioethics Table to give feedback on the draft protocol and worked with the ARCH Disability Law Centre on their submissions, said the protocol should explicitly state that any triage decision must avoid discrimination and must adhere to human rights standards. "They need to expressly say that the presence of disability is not a permissible basis for giving lower priority for intensive care." CLINICAL FRAILTY SCALE 1. Very fit - Robust, active, energetic and motivated. Regular exercise. 2. Well - No active disease symptoms, but less fit than first category. 3. Managing well - Medical problems are controlled, but not regularly active beyond walking. 4. Vulnerable - Not dependent on others for daily help, but symptoms limit activities. 5. Mildly frail - Need help in "high order" instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), such as finances, transportation and heavy housework. 6. Moderately frail - Need help with all outside activities and keeping house, often need help with stairs, bathing. 7. Severely frail - Completely dependent for personal care, but stable and not at high risk of dying. 8. Very severely frail - Completely dependent, approaching the end of life. Typically would not recover from even a minor illness. 9. Terminally ill - Approaching end of life, with a life expectancy of less than six months. SOURCE: Geriatric Medicine Research, Dalhousie University Brendan Kennedy is a Toronto-based social justice reporter for the Star. Follow him on Twitter: @BKennedyStar Radio Canada October 3, 2020 (Automated translation) Originally posted at https://twitter.com/philippedemo/status/1312757314722635776 CORONAVIRUS: THE SITUATION IN ONTARIO Ontario's triage protocol leaves a stir for people with disabilities A patient stays in an intensive care unit. The triage protocol is a guide that would allow Ontario hospitals to decide which patients would be eligible for a ventilator in the event of a shortage. By Philippe de Montigny Doug Ford's government has been stealthily developing an intensive care bed management plan as Ontario prepares to face a second wave of COVID-19 that could be more fierce than the first. The triage protocol, developed in recent months would allow Ontario hospitals to choose patients who would be eligible for a ventilator in the event of a shortage. This protocol includes a frailty index ( clinical frailty scale in English) which is based, among other things, the life expectancy of patients, their level of independence and if they suffer from degenerative diseases. Patients with an estimated life expectancy of less than six months would be excluded. The rest are classified according to a variety of activities they can undertake without assistance - such as eating, dressing, walking, and bathing. It would be serious human rights violations. David Lepofsky, Chair of the AODA Alliance Basically, we decide who lives and who dies based on their disabilities. And we put those with the most severe disabilities at the bottom of the list says lawyer and activist David Lepofsky. The province is already considering up to 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day during the first half of October, which could exacerbate the problem of hospital congestion. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health explained that the protocol would only be applied in the event of a sharp increase in demand for intensive care, exceeding supply and after any reasonable effort to mobilize resources in a hospital or region. A discriminatory practice, according to experts According to the triage protocol, the frailty index is used to predict the likelihood that a patient will die in intensive care even if a ventilator and treatment are provided. Roxanne Mykitiuk, a law professor specializing in bioethics, maintains that a very poorly autonomous patient, who would therefore have a low score according to the index of the province, could very well survive the coronavirus. The protocol is prima facie discriminatory against people with disabilities, she said. It has nothing to do with their state of health, nor their ability to recover from COVID. Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk. Roxanne Mykitiuk, professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, believes that putting this protocol into practice would violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. She points out that the fragility index was designed 15 years ago to better plan the provision of health care to people with more pressing needs. This indicator is very problematic when used to sort human lives she says. I don't think doctors want to make those kinds of heartbreaking choices. They want to help people survive, not decide who should die. During consultations in March and August, Ms. Mykitiuk voiced her concerns to the province's bioethics table, the multidisciplinary expert committee responsible for drafting the intensive care triage protocol. She fears that the first draft of this plan may still be the watchword in the health system. The government has never clarified whether this highly problematic old draft has been revoked she said. Doris Grinspun, director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, says the Ford government had several months to plan its workforce and avoid hospital congestion, which appears to materialize this month. This protocol is squarely determining who lives and who dies, she says. It is an unthinkable choice that is imposed on us. The director also believes that the new measures announced on Friday do not go far enough to curb the spread of the virus. It's too little, too late she said. Opposition calls for debate at Queen's Park New Democrat accessibility critic Joel Harden is urging the Ford government to unveil its ICU triage protocol, in its current form. He submitted a written question to this effect to the Minister of Health on Wednesday. The deputy also asked him to make public and accessible any recommendation and any report issued on this subject by the bioethics table. We have concerns. We need answers. In other countries, where there have been overloads, there have been absolutely shameful decisions in relation to the elderly, to people with disabilities he says. Considering its implications, such a protocol should be passed through a bill and debated in the Legislature, said Harden. We have fallen into a second wave of COVID. Hospitals are not overloaded at the moment, but it is quite possible, says the MP. We must now ensure that the human rights of people with disabilities are guaranteed. The Ministry of Health says a revised version of the protocol that includes significant changes is under consideration, but refuses to release it for now. After its consultations with experts in the rights of people with disabilities, the bioethics table recognizes that using the frailty index in the context of triage in intensive care raises important concerns replied a spokesperson for the ministry.

Thunder Bay Family Network 02.08.2020

Family Alliance Ontario would like you to have some fun! (Cindy Lauper is playing in my head: Girls just wanna have fun and I know not really Oktoberfest LOL) ... We want you to join us for an hour of social time where you just sit back and relax and we will entertain you. Our theme for October is Oktoberfest! Bring your favorite beer or drink and pretzels. We will provide entertainment, trivia, polls and maybe some prizes. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdGqTzsz2rbpj0w-/viewform Date: Sunday October 25, 2020 Time: 8:00 p.m. Will forward zoom link the day before event. See more

Thunder Bay Family Network 25.07.2020

Hello Facebook! Checkout our website @ https://www.microboardsontario.com/ We have events coming up this fall to share what a Microboard is, the importance of relationships, and how a Microboard can support someone living with a disability to direct their own life. Stay tuned!

Thunder Bay Family Network 22.07.2020

https://policyoptions.irpp.org//disabled-canadians-ignore/

Thunder Bay Family Network 18.07.2020

The one time payment for persons with disabilities will start rolling out October 30. Please see the link below and scroll down to date of payment subtitle.

Thunder Bay Family Network 09.07.2020

This includes developmental services workers in direct care

Thunder Bay Family Network 30.06.2020

Call the helpline for free, anytime from anywhere in Canada! Leave a message with the topic you would like help with and one of our family experts will get back to you within two to three business days: 1-844-311-7526

Thunder Bay Family Network 19.06.2020

If you are part of ican and did not receive an email with the next few weeks events, please email [email protected] or private message us with your email address. Thank you.

Thunder Bay Family Network 02.06.2020

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