Tips for people living with Long COVID on managing health care interactions and disability claims
This document is intended to help people living with Long COVID navigate the complex world of disability and employment claims. Returning to work with a complex, episodic illness is difficult. This document is a collection of recommendations based on the lived experiences of persons living with Long COVID, and clinicians working with people living with Long COVID.
A roadmap for disability income benefits for people living with Long COVID
If you have Long COVID and are seeking disability-related resources, this document may help you navigate social benefits and income support programs that are currently available in Canada.
National Deliberative Dialogue on Long COVID as an Episodic Disability and Employment – Report
Long COVID is an episodically disabling condition and
as more people are returning to workplaces, Realize
hosted a National Deliberative Dialogue to highlight the
impact that Long COVID has on people and their work.
We also wanted to explore the effects of Long COVID on
workplaces, accommodation, and employers.
This was a hybrid event held on September 23, 2022.
Recommendations for Employers, Insurers, Human Resource Personnel and Rehabilitation Professionals on Return to Work for People Living with Long COVID
This is a living document that is continually updated based on emerging evidence in the field. The reference list provides scientific support to statements within the document and hyperlinks provide an enriched understanding of concepts that will reach the broader public.
The Pandemic Pandora’s Box: Long COVID and Episodic Disability
Project Report; Realize 2021
Executive Summary
The Pandemic Pandora’s Box report analyzes the combined findings of two informal, community-driven surveys shared openly online in February 2021. The first asked adults working or seeking work in Canada about their experiences with Long COVID, while the second asked Canadian employers about their comfort level and preparedness to provide workplace accommodations to COVID-19 long-haulers. Up to 1 in 3 people who contract COVID-19 – regardless of the severity of their acute infection – risk facing Long COVID. Long COVID refers to a multitude of fluctuating, debilitating symptoms that may affect all organ systems and for many cause impairments which last for months.