Ontario long-term care homes

• Many Ontario long-term care homes keeping COVID vaccine mandates as province lifts policy

  Vaccination against COVID-19 will still be required for employees at many Ontario long-term care homes even though the province has lifted its official mandate for the sector.

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  Mar 14
  
• Fewer Ontario long-term care home deaths during Omicron wave despite high infections

  Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have third or fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during the Omicron wave.

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  Feb 23
  
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• Ontario to ease COVID-19 restrictions for visitors in long-term care homes

  Starting on Monday, the number of designated caregivers per resident will increase from two to four, though only two can visit at a time.

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  Feb 4
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• Ontario-based long-term care company suddenly deletes its Twitter account

  The Twitter account for the multinational long-term care corporation Revera Living has vanished.

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  Jan 21
• 4th COVID doses offered to Ontario long-term care residents, boosters required for staff, caregivers

  Ontario is also mandating that any staff, students, volunteers, caregivers or support workers of long-term care residents must have their third COVID vaccine dose by Jan. 28, 2022.

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  Dec 30, 2021
• Ontario further tightens rules around long-term care home residents as Omicron spreads

  Ontario said access to long-term care homes by general visitors will be paused. However, designated caregivers are still allowed in. Day absences will also be paused.

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  Dec 28, 2021
• Ontario enhances COVID measures in LTC homes, all vaccinated visitors must test negative on entry

  General visitors who are not fully vaccinated will not be allowed inside long-term care homes with exceptions for residents in palliative care and visitors with medical exemptions.

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  Dec 14, 2021
• Ontario commits to keep funding for-profit long term care homes despite COVID pandemic findings

  But the Progressive Conservative government's priority has been the construction of new long-term care beds and it's continuing to award contracts to private operators.

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  Nov 3, 2021
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• Ontario to double number of long-term care home inspectors, allow immediate charges

  Ontario Long-Term Care Minister Rod Phillips says the government plans to hire 193 staff by next fall. He says the funds will create a ratio of one inspector for every two homes.

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  Oct 26, 2021
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• Ontario announces funds to hire more than 4,000 long-term care workers

  Phillips says the government plans to introduce legislation that would enshrine the direct-care minimum standard in law.

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  Oct 6, 2021