Long Term Care Ontario

• Ontario ombudsman urges stronger enforcement of LTC rules

  Ontario's ombudsman says the Ministry of Long-Term Care needs to put in place clear rules for in-person inspections to prepare for a future pandemic.

  Health

  Sep 7, 2023
  
• Temporary staffing agencies overcharging Ontario long term care homes: association

  AdvantAge Ontario says some agencies are exploiting long-term care homes who need temporary staff.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2023
  
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• How effective is the Ontario law that allows fines for patients who refuse pre-arranged LTC beds?

  Several Toronto-area hospitals told Global News they had not used the controversial powers in Bill 7 to force alternative level of care patients to move, nor had they issued fines.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2022
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• Ontario quietly changes LTC rules; visitors no longer have to mask in resident rooms

  Long-term care homes are one of the only places where provincial mask mandates remain, after Ontario lifted most such requirements in June.

  Health

  Oct 19, 2022
• Seniors, advocates, slam new law that could force patients to long term care homes

  Seniors advocate Patricia Spindel, 74, says she lives in fear of being sent to a hospital and then off to a home far from her family.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2022
• Ontario monitoring long-term care situation as COVID-19 cases rise, minister says

  Paul Calandra says the province expected cases to increase when Ontario lifted COVID public health measures, but noted rules like mandatory masks still remain in long-term care.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2022
• Ontarians face ‘unnecessary suffering and death’ without health staff pay raises: unions

  Ontario's opposition leaders joined union representatives to call on Premier Doug Ford to repeal Bill 124, which caps annual wage increases for the public sector at one per cent.

  Health

  Jan 6, 2022
• What will Ontario’s long-term care system look like post-pandemic?

  Researchers say the staffing crisis should be the immediate priority, but a long-term plan needs to involve ambitious and bold reforms, not simply tweaks.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2020
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• Bill Kelly: Where is Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan for long-term care homes?

  Ontario's long-term care homes need 'an immediate rescue mission' to emancipate the residents and overworked staff, Bill Kelly says.

  Commentary

  Nov 12, 2020
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• Trudeau says he’ll push premiers on ‘standardizing norms’ in long-term care homes

  The lack of clear standards for long-term care homes came under fire as coronavirus ravaged residents in the first wave of the pandemic.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2020