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181 COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings leaving 89 residents dead & more than 1,800 staff & patients infected in 6-wks, numbers way up across the board, warns Ontario Health Coalition
November 04, 2020 12:01 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The spread of COVID-19 in long-term care, retirement homes and hospitals is growing at an alarming rate. By every measure-- case numbers, number and size...
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Almost Four Dozen People Who Applied to Testify Before the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Bill 218 Limiting Legal Liability for COVID-19 Harms for Long-Term Care Homes and Others, Cut Out of the Hearings Today
November 04, 2020 11:38 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Increasingly frustrated with the lack of accountability for the response to COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes, Coalition executive director...
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Ford's 4-hour long-term care announcement too late: Need commitment to deal with staffing crisis now
November 02, 2020 15:58 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While the Ontario Health Coalition is happy that the Ford government has finally adopted the 4-hour minimum care standard as...
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Commitment to a minimum direct care time standard in long-term care long overdue, says OFL
November 02, 2020 15:49 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is pleased that the Ford government has recognized the urgent need to establish a legally enforceable minimum...
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Long-term Care COVID-19 Commission Releases Interim Recommendations: UFCW Locals 175 & 633 continues to urge immediate action to improve long-term care and other healthcare MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Oct. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to the Ontario government’s Long-term Care COVID-19 Commission interim recommendations released today, Locals 175 & 633 of the...
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Thomson Rogers' Response to Premier Ford's Proposed Legislation to Protect LTC Home Operators
October 21, 2020 14:52 ET | Thomson Rogers
Toronto, ON, Oct. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On October 20, 2020, the Ford Government announced proposed legislation that will protect long-term care home operators against negligence claims by...
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Ford Government’s New Legislation Will Make It Significantly Harder to Hold For-Profit Long-Term Care Homes Liable for COVID-19 Harms
October 21, 2020 11:37 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government has introduced legislation that would make it significantly harder for residents and families to hold long-term care homes liable for...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Protests at Ontario Legislature & Across the Province: Ford government needs to take immediate action to address staffing crisis, implement a minimum of 4 hours of hands on care & end for-profit long-term care, says Ontario Health Coalition
October 07, 2020 17:15 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 1,900 Ontario residents and staff have died of COVID-19 in long-term care. The funding and staffing announcements made...
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Health Coalition Calls for Government to Flow Urgently Needed Money to Hospitals and Long-Term Care; Staffing Announcements Far Less Than Other Provinces
October 02, 2020 12:59 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Oct. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the last week, the Ford government has rolled out a series of media announcements about health care funding and staffing. Today the Ontario Health...
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PSW wage increase a good first step but UFCW Locals 175 & 633 calls on the Ford government to make permanent improvements for all healthcare workers MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Oct. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In an announcement made yesterday, Premier Ford detailed a plan to temporarily increase wages for Personal Support Workers (PSWs) working in...