You may have heard that healthcare facilities in Ontario are required to continue masking policies until at least June 11th. This mandate reflects our responsibility to our vulnerable patients and helps to ensure our ability to continue supporting our community throughout this current wave of COVID-19 infection.
Our other policies have not changed:
Public health measures are changing quickly and so are some of our KIHC COVID-19 policies. Our policies reflect our position as a healthcare facility and our responsibilities to more vulnerable patients. They are different than those implemented in public places by the Ontario government.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding as we work to maintain a safe and welcoming space for everyone here.
Thank you for working with us to adapt to these ever-evolving pandemic conditions! Please find some of our COVID-related curb-side pick-up and appointment changes, below:
We’re pleased to introduce a versatile technology to our clients and patients that we believe aligns with the body’s ability to heal: “Photobiomodulation” devices, also known as Red Light Therapy devices.
What is mindfulness? What is it not? How does it alleviate stress and why might you want to give it a try?
Please join Lisa Sabatini for this 3-part online (Zoom) introductory mini mindfulness course:
Wednesday evenings 7:00 to 8:00pm
September 15th to 29th, 2021
We’re striving for even more impact!
Our talented Physiotherapist, Christine Campbell, is extremely busy in her practice and her mentorship program has been quite successful to date! She’s searching for another Mentee to take under her wing and support us in our efforts to provide timely, effective physiotherapy services.
Telemedicine (also known as telehealth), is new to many of us! We’re pleased to offer a variety of telephone and video options for current and new patients. Please continue to schedule your appointments online (via Jane), or by telephone or email with our receptionists (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday). Please see below for more information about accessing online and telephone options with your practitioner.
This excerpt is from the Loving Spoonful newsletter. We’re sharing it with you because, though challenging to see at first, our individual health is intimately tied to the health of our community and environment. Supporting local programs such as this one is part of our mandate and responsibility to you.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inequities and vulnerabilities in our food system – as well as the limitations of the “food charity” model for addressing food insecurity. Loving Spoonful has been thinking about these questions for a long time, since well before this current crisis:
Our doors remain open throughout this second provincial State of Emergency (“lockdown”), but with additional precautions and advisories in place:
In this unprecedented time of self isolation and suffering it is the opportunity to seize the moment. The monastery has come to us.
What to do:
Relish this period of slowing down to be here now. Explore the present moment. Every time you are aware you have leaned forward into the future or leaned back into the past; come back NOW to this exquisite moment before it slips away. What is present in the moment for you to See, Hear, Feel? How can this present moment support you?
