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 MoreHAMILTON & 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 MoreOTTAWA & 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...
Read MoreLONDON, KITCHENER/WATERLOO,GUELPH, STRATFORD – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, nearly 600 people polled in London,...
Read MorePETERBOROUGH, LINDSAY – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, nearly 600 people polled in Peterborough and Lindsay, say the...
Read MoreTHUNDER BAY AND KENORA – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, more than 2000 people in Thunder Bay and Kenora polled, say the...
Read MoreSUDBURY and NORTH BAY – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, more than 2200 Sudbury and North Bay residents polled, say the...
Read MoreElderly care needs to be recognized for the skilled work that it is, says Pat Armstrong The first person to die of COVID-19 in Canada was a resident of a long-term care home — a man in his 80s, living at the Lynn Valley Care...
Read MoreThe crisis in congregate living environments, like long-term care, can be solved by following the strategies of nations which are more successful: aggressive testing of all residents and staff and the relocation of those with COVID-19 to specialized facilities, CUPE said today.
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As thousands of hospital staff from many different occupations selflessly volunteer to work in long-term care (LTC) homes afflicted with Covid-19 outbreaks, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is asking whether the decision not to transfer residents to hospital is sound.
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