Category: Long-term care
Call for human rights inquiry into systemic discrimination against the elderly in Ontario hospitals and long-term care
The Advocacy Centre for Elderly (ACE), the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are calling on the Ontario Human Rights Commission to conduct a landmark inquiry into the provincial government’s long-standing policies of ‘de-hospitalization’, and rationing levels of care and access to long-term care, that disproportionately hurt the elderly.
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Tell Doug Ford to reassess the province’s health policies and inequities in access to health care for elderly Ontarians
Send an email to the Premier and your MPP.
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Support the call to conduct an inquiry into discrimination against the elderly in health care in Ontario
Send an email to the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner.
Read MoreOCHU protests the handover of a retirement home to its owners after redeployed hospital staff found deplorable conditions there
Letters to the Ministers of Health and Long-Term Care.
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Revera report ignores complicity of for-profit long-term care owners and operators in conditions that led to hundreds of residents’ deaths
In what can only be described as wilful omission – Revera’s carefully constructed new report – glaringly overlooks how their own for-profit model of ownership contributed to the sad and in some cases deadly outcomes for hundreds of long-term residents in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreCUPE welcomes the Ontario government’s move towards a four-hour care standard in long-term care
The Ontario government’s commitment to a four-hour care standard in long-term care homes is welcome, says the union representing 35,000 long-term care workers in the province.
Read MoreCUPE welcomes Ontario government’s move towards a legislated care standard – urges swift action on Bill 13
As the second wave of COVID-19 makes staffing a critical issue in long-term care homes, the Canadian Union of Public Employees is urging the Ontario legislature to pass Bill 13, the Time to Care Act.
Read MoreOpen letter to members of the Ontario Legislative Assembly regarding Bill 13 Time to Care Act
For over a decade, our international, interdisciplinary team has been studying long-term care in six different countries, including Canada. Our research clearly indicates that minimum staffing is a necessary but not sufficient...
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End profit in long-term care, reinvest in more residents’ supports and staffing, urge advocates in new “CARE NOT PROFITS” campaign
Ontarians are being urged to join a growing call for profound changes to the province’s long-term care system that would end profit-making in the provision of residential care.
Read More83% of Hamilton-Niagara residents think all hospital patients and staff should be tested for COVID-19
HAMILTON & NIAGARA – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, over 500 people polled in Hamilton and Niagara, say the provincial...
Read MoreOntario should increase COVID-19 testing say Ottawa, Cornwall residents polled
OTTAWA & CORNWALL – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, over 500 people polled in Ottawa (and area) and Cornwall, say the...
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OCHU Annual Convention 2021
April 26 @ 7:00 pm - April 29 @ 5:00 pm EDT
