Pat Armstrong

Jul 15, 2024 | thespec.com | Laurell Ritchie |Pat Armstrong |Marjorie Cohen |Armine Yalnizyan Contributors

Maybe you’ve found yourself worrying about how things would go if you or someone you know ends up home alone and in need of care. Or maybe you’ve already experienced the maddening search for home-care. It’s becoming familiar terrain as we wait longer for acute care, face earlier discharge from hospital or search desperately for rehab services, long-term care or temporary help after an illness or injury. Already a Subscriber?

Jul 9, 2023 | thestar.com | Pat Armstrong |Laurell Ritchie

We’re losing workers in Care Economy jobs. The fix has nothing to do with more “choice” for people who can afford to pay for care and is more transformative than merely better wages and benefits. The secret sauce? A new commitment to collaboration, both in the workplace and in public policy.

Feb 15, 2023 | thestar.com | Armine Yalnizyan |Pat Armstrong

In story after story, the crisis in health care and the shortage of health-care workers begs for more money and action. The future of health care in this country does not turn, as premiers would have us believe, on a fight for federal dollars. The emerging drama is a fight for profits in the sector and investors are already quietly winning.

Feb 15, 2023 | thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Armine Yalnizyan |Pat Armstrong

In story after story, the crisis in health care and the shortage of health-care workers begs for more money and action. The future of health care in this country does not turn, as premiers would have us believe, on a fight for federal dollars. The emerging drama is a fight for profits in the sector and investors are already quietly winning.