My experience with booking and receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination
As I will be turning 60 this year I qualified for the Astra Zeneca vaccination pilot for those born between 1957 and 1961. I considered myself lucky to be able to receive a vaccination and turned up early morning Saturday 20th March at Rexall Pharmacy on Bloor St East. This was may early birthday present […]
Welcome to March and our Spring events update!
Welcome to March: Spring is almost here and we are looking forward to finally getting outside again and coming together apart! Mosaic Home Care would like to thank you for your very important support especially over the Covid-19 Pandemic. You can review our March 2021 video on You Tube for all the upcoming programs featured. […]
Vaccinations!
Dear Readers to our Mosaic Blog. March is here at last and we appear to be getting closer to resolving many things COVID. Canada and especially Toronto has had a slow start to vaccinations but vaccine availability is now improving – that was then but this is now, fingers crossed. Mosaic has participated, over the […]
Dementia-Friendly Creative -Arts Classes for Life Enrichment (Bitove Method)
Here is some information on The Bitove Method Arts Classes. Anyone looking for more information should connect with them at https://www.thebitovemethod.com/
Get Moving with Canada’s National Ballet School This Winter!
Take part in an interactive presentation and hear more about the benefits of dance and the Baycrest NBS Sharing Dance Seniors Program. Tune in to the First Link® Memory Café on February 23rd from 1:00 – 2:00pm. Article provided by Canada’s National Ballet School: At Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), excellence, access and inclusion fuel […]
Some Helpful Tips from Kristi Stangeland on Relaxation and Meditation
The coronavirus pandemic has profoundly changed so many aspects of our daily lives, including the way we work and play. Many of us are navigating a “new normal” that entails working from home while also balancing the responsibilities of childcare, eldercare, schooling, etc. Striking a healthy balance between work and home life has never been […]
Taking Care of Care in the Community
During COVID-19 many families and individuals have decided against Long-term care and older adult retirement residences. The risks of catching COVID-19 and of social isolation have been considerable over the period. COVID-19 has also raised the curtain on long standing living and social care conditions in Long-term care. While Long-term care homes supposedly provide 24/7 […]
An Update from the Principal Owners of Mosaic Home Care Services & Community Resource Centres
Nathalie and I, our Mosaic Team and front-line staff would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! We have all experienced a difficult year. Our ability to connect eaningfully has been severely restricted. With a vaccine in the works, this year’s holiday season will hopefully be the last of the COVID-19 restrictions. We […]
MOSAIC’s Advocacy Position on Pandemic Pay: No frontline health care worker should be left behind!
From “The Forgotten Frontline: homecare during the pandemic”[1]: “This pandemic has shone a light on the extent to which, so few people understand what homecare is. For too many there is still an outdated image of homecare as ‘mopping and shopping,’ as a set of practical activities designed to make people feel better but not […]
Social distancing is not enough, we also need social networking awareness and much more attention to basic hygiene!
As a home care provider working and collaborating with persons with complex care needs, their families and the wider community we are especially aware of the greater vulnerability that many have to the Novel Coronavirus, both young and old. There is a lot of information on the COVID 19 virus: – Some sources say that […]
