Healthy
Workplaces
Are you feeling burnt out, overworked, unappreciated? Is your
workplace an unhealthy environment? If this is the case, you
are not alone. To support and improve the healthcare workforce
and their workplaces, and thereby improve client and
system outcomes, 12 national healthcare organizations partnered
to form the Quality Worklife Quality Healthcare Collaborative
(QWQHC).
- New! Celebrate
Canada's Healthy Workplace Month -
October 5 - November 1, 2009
- Resources
from the Quality Worklife Quality Healthcare Collaborative
The Collaborative has developed a basic set of indicators
of a healthy workplace and a measurement framework for evaluation
of various factors that may be contributing to the health
of the workplace. Check out many valuable resources and sign
up for ebulletins on their website.
- CASLPA
Signs QWQHC Healthy Healthcare Leadership Charter
To encourage healthier workplaces for S-LPs, audiologists
and supportive personnel. Help make your workplace healthy
by getting your employer to sign on!
- Creating a Healthy Workplace Info Sheet
Considerations
for Workspace and Equipment
- The
Canadian Healthy Workplace Council
This website provides references, links and activities on
topics such as occupational health and safety, work-family-life
balance, workplace culture, etc. There may be some changes
that you and your staff can implement to create a better and
healthier work environment.
- Tips for Creating a Healthy Workplace
- New! Consider attending
the 4th annual Quality Worklife, Quality Healthcare Collaborative
in Ottawa, February 25-26, 2010
You will;
- increase your understanding of the link between quality
worklife and quality care,
- learn from champions,
- connect with colleagues to share strategies, strengthen
your networks!
Check the website: www.qwqhc.ca
If you have resources, tips, or contributions to add, please
send them to pubs@caslpa.ca
