The province is investing $4 million to continue 23 Community Paramedicine pilot programs across Ontario for an additional year, Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault has announced.
These initiatives support partnerships between participating paramedics and teams of health care professionals to provide more care to patients in the community, including:
Making home visits to seniors and high-needs patients to help them with a range of services such as ensuring they are taking medication as prescribed; increasing assessment and referrals to local services in the community such as the Community Care Access Centres for follow up care; and educating patients on managing their chronic disease.
In Sudbury, almost $330,000 is being provided to continue two local pilot programs.
“Locally, the programs being operated here have been so beneficial in our community and helped ease the strain on the local health care system,” Thibeault said in a press release.
“We have an aging population in Sudbury and this allows more people to remain independent at home for a longer period while freeing up much needed hospital beds.”
