April Begg Goodis RN (Ret)

Public education & patient empowerment advocate, Registered Nurse x 40+ years. Passionate about elders & #sdoh.

[World Health Network @TheWHN]

Long COVID affects millions of people worldwide. The experiences shared here are just a glimpse into what daily life can look like for those living with Long COVID.

If you’re living with Long COVID, we want to hear from you. Fill out the survey in the caption to share your story and have it featured. Your voice helps raise awareness, inform research, and push for real change.

https://t.co/Vo7g3r2FT7

#LongCOVID #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVIDAwareness

[Zeest Khan, MD @doctor_zeest]

Learn how vestibular function impacts long COVID symptoms, and ways to treat it:

https://t.co/OYroFBm9AO

[Zeest Khan, MD @doctor_zeest]

Doctors get long COVID. Doctors' loved ones get long COVID.

We don't often share this publicly, because we're used to being the white coat, not the hospital gown.

Thanks to Dr Molly Phelps for sharing. Wishing her and her husband the best.

https://t.co/Eh2U59kxRV

[AirAware @BeAirAware]

"Hospital workers' phones carry deadly superbugs"

Unmasked hospital workers also spread deadly bugs

https://t.co/B3lIM0c0az

[World Health Network @TheWHN]

Conversations between communities and public health leaders matter.

That's why the World Health Network launched the Health Department Outreach Campaign, a community-led effort to help people connect with their local health departments and advocate for programs and messaging with stronger, science-based infection prevention, awareness about chronic conditions like Long COVID, or whatever public health focus your community needs.

Using our ready-to-use templates, resources, and step-by-step guidance, you can encourage stronger messaging around clean indoor air, masking, vaccination, testing, and other measures that help keep communities healthy.

Local health departments have the power to make a difference. When community members speak up, they help shape the programs and information that protect everyone.

Learn more and get started:
https://t.co/NCHrOrb9C9

[MyDirectives @MyDirectives]

A patient doesn't experience healthcare the way healthcare organizations do.

They don't think in terms of hospitals, physician practices, rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing, home health, hospice, EMS, EHRs, or health information exchanges.

They simply experience their care as one journey.

Every transition between care settings creates another opportunity for important information to become unavailable, delayed, or overlooked.

When that happens, care teams may not have access to the information needed to fully understand or honor a patient's wishes.

As healthcare becomes increasingly connected, we still have work to do to ensure critical information follows the patient throughout that journey.

Because from the patient's perspective, it has always been one journey.

#AdvanceCarePlanning #Interoperability #CareCoordination #HealthcareIT #PatientExperience #MyDirectives

[Canadian Abilities @abilitiescanada]

Disabled people experience higher rates of depression and anxiety and use mental health services more than non-disabled people. Yet new research confirms what many already know firsthand: ableism is deeply embedded in the care they receive.

From being turned away at hospital admission to having a blind patient told to “go for a drive” as a stress strategy, these aren’t edge cases. They’re systemic failures.

Disability-affirming care isn’t optional. It’s overdue.

#Ableism #DisabilityRights #MentalHealthCare #Accessibility

https://t.co/HN6GJ2gfS2

[Brittani James, MD @DrBrittaniJ]

Patients are increasingly using the term “medical gaslighting” to describe a troubling experience in modern healthcare: knowing something is wrong while being repeatedly told that nothing is.

However, the conversation often remains too narrow. Medical gaslighting is not solely about individual “bad doctors” or poor communication; it reflects deeper structural issues within modern healthcare, including:

- Rushed appointments
- Productivity pressures
- Biomedical reductionism
- Diagnostic bias
- Fragmented care
- Systems that struggle to recognize complex, chronic, or difficult-to-measure suffering

In this essay, I explore:
- Why dismissal has become so common in healthcare
- Who is most likely to experience it
- How institutional structures shape clinical encounters
- The real consequences of not being believed
- Why communication training alone will not solve the problem

...we need to do better.
https://t.co/aZg0E1rnty

[Robyn Urback @RobynUrback]

Canada’s not ready for the next viral outbreak. We didn’t even bother with an inquiry on the last one https://t.co/0QQzThnlR3

[CHF Canada @CHFCanada]

“I've been homeless. There's nothing like having a home.”

For many people living in housing co-ops, rental assistance is what makes stability possible. Watch Nathalie’s story and join our campaign today. Protect rental assistance now.

https://t.co/EjLt3zfATV

[Dr. Jennifer Irwin @drjenirwin]

“Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven’t learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19” https://t.co/SxYa2roUZU

[AdvantAge Ontario @AdvantAgeOnt]

We’re proud to lead Ontario’s Nursing Home Without Walls (NHWW) pilot projects.

See the @OttawaCitizen feature on @PerleyHealth —one of the participating LTC homes for the NHWW pilot.
https://t.co/XiXsBZMkaR

@LisaLevin1
@NatKusendova
@HE_ES_Canada
@egpayne
#AdvancingSeniorCare

[ACE @acelawyers]

“Scams can happen to anyone.”
Hear directly from seniors about their real experiences, how scams happen, and their impact. ACE present's NOT ALONE, a video series sharing real scam stories from seniors themselves.

▶️Watch Pamela’s Story: https://t.co/YB36zImFVt

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

NEW for Seniors & Health Care Providers supporting seniors who are leaving social assistance: Turning 65 is big milestone, but for low-income folks it can bring financial & health-related uncertainty. Check out our tip sheets to avoid income gaps after 65: https://t.co/oOTrrOGi5h

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

Live in Toronto, on a low income, in an apartment building AND are a senior / a pregnant person / guardian of an infant? You may qualify for the City of Toronto's free air conditioner program. More details & deadlines on our sister clinic CELA's website: https://t.co/L8UYllFsxG

[Exclaim! @exclaimdotca]

.@Jensen_McRae, @deerhoof and @carseatheadrest spoke about asking fans to wear N95-style respirators at concerts https://t.co/J0TeDR5aha

[Barry Hunt @BarryHunt008]

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’

Pls share widely

https://t.co/T13RzpXNYP

[CHF Canada @CHFCanada]

Tenants Take Over: The Story of Caroline Co-op is a lesson in the power of collective action and the co-operative model coming together to protect homes. Watch the documentary here: https://t.co/hG5y1l51L8

[CHF Canada @CHFCanada]

Land co‑operatives offer a community‑driven way to protect land, support long‑term housing affordability, and strengthen co‑operative housing across the country.

Watch the full video and learn more here: https://t.co/hKu4IcnLto

[PACO @PacoOnPause]

If that was true, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be hearing about it from some random mustachioed man on the internet..