Ontario’s long-term care sector and the ministry that oversees it were not “prepared or equipped” to manage the long list of problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This, in conclusion, is the result that emerges from the new report of the Auditor-General of the province. →
After the Ontario government has extended the occupancy agreement without making too much noise, Ontario’s Long-Term Care homes – regardless of the number of residents they host or how badly they have been affected by Covid-19 – will be funded in full until August. →
[GTranslate]TORONTO – Third wave of Covid-19 on the way and staff shortages in long-term care homes. The situation is not expected to be rosy in the coming months. →
[GTranslate]TORONTO – The initial shock soon was replaced by anger. The photograph of Long Term Care Homes that emerges from a CBC News investigation is shocking. Not only are anti-contagion security protocols broken in these facilities while the Covid-19 pandemic is underway, but LTCs found red-handed are not punished for their behaviour. As they say in Italian, after the “pulling of ears”, everything ends up in “tarallucci and wine”. It’s a fact. Inspections of Ontario’s Long Term Care Homes almost never have consequences. Homes are asked to solve the problem, but even if an inspector returns and finds the same problem, there are no fines or penalties. In very rare cases, houses are forbidden to accept new residents. →
