Category: Patients and Families

WHO Advice on parenting in the time of COVID-19

To help parents interact constructively with their children during this time of confinement, these six one-page tips for parents cover planning one-on-one time, staying positive, creating a daily routine, avoiding bad behaviour, managing stress, and talking about COVID-19. Use them to your and your kids’ advantage, and have fun in doing so. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/healthy-parenting

Physical distancing – Ottawa Public Health with Multilingual Infographics

  Physical distancing Infographic – English Physical distancing Infographic – Arabic Physical Distancing Factsheet – English Physical Distancing Factsheet – Chinese Physical Distancing Factsheet – Nepalese Physical Distancing Factsheet – Somali  Physical Distancing Factsheet – Farsi Physical Distancing Factsheet – Inuktitut Physical Distancing Factsheet – Arabic Physical Distancing Factsheet – Spanish https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/social-distancing.aspx

Self Assessment Tool – Ontario.ca

If you think you have coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has it, use this self-assessment to help determine how to seek further care.  https://covid-19.ontario.ca/

Hamilton Assessment Centres

Hamilton has COVID-19 Assessment Centres that are now open. These clinics will assess whether people need more medical care and/or testing for COVID-19 based on symptoms (cough or fever), travel history and/or exposure to known cases. https://www.hamilton.ca/coronavirus/assessment-centres