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July 17, 2020 09:54 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

“There are not enough staff for existing beds & why should more money go to profit? We need care, urgently.” Health Coalition Responds to Ford Government’s Announcement of Enriched Capital Funding for LTC Homes

TORONTO, July 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Thunder Bay there are more than 60 long-term care beds that have not been able to open for years because there is a critical shortage of long-term care...
June 30, 2020 16:58 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY: Actions Across Ontario to Tell Premier Ford that the priority of Ontarians is to fix the long-term care crisis, not to privatize home care

TORONTO, June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Media events will include updates on the Ford government’s failure to respond to the crisis in long-term care, on their attempt to push through Bill 175...
June 30, 2020 11:54 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ford Government Given Failing Marks in Response to Recommendations on Long-Term Care COVID-19 Response in Joint Open Letter from more than 200 Organizations Representing Almost 2 Million Ontarians

TORONTO, June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition issued an open letter to Premier Doug Ford on May 28, 2020 calling for key improvements to safety and care in Ontario’s...
June 24, 2020 06:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY: Protests at the Ontario Legislature & Across the Province Today: Ford government moves to push through Bill 175, restructuring and privatizing home care while refusing to address critical care & staffing crisis in long-term care homes

TORONTO, June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- List of Events Wednesday June 24 at noon (unless otherwise specified): IN TORONTO AT THE LEGISLATURE:12 o’clock, noon, on Wednesday June 24 ~ On the...
June 23, 2020 17:08 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Most Recent Tracking Report Shows that Ministry of Long-Term Care & Public Health Ontario Have Discontinued Public Reporting of Vital COVID-19 Data, Outbreaks in Health Settings Down but Death Rate Continues to Rise

Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition released its most recent two-week report tracking the spread of COVID-19 among patients, residents...
June 22, 2020 13:25 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Health Coalition Plans Protests Across Ontario As Ford Government Pushes Through New Laws to Privatize Home & Community Care, Stifle Class Action Suits, In Midst of Pandemic & Fails to Take Action on Emergency Staffing Crisis in Long-Term Care

TORONTO, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tragically, over the last two weeks there have been several well-publicized deaths of residents in long-term care as a result of malnutrition and...
June 17, 2020 14:05 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

“It is a New Low” Behaviour of Government MPPs in Home Care Legislation Public Hearings Unprecedented and Unacceptable: Health Coalition

TORONTO, June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is making a formal complaint today regarding the behaviour of three government MPPs in the public hearing into Bill 175 the...
June 15, 2020 14:20 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ford Government’s New Home Care Bill “Irredeemable” and Should Not Be Pushed Through During a Pandemic: Coalition Calls for it to be Withdrawn

TORONTO, June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition released its submission on Bill 175, the Ford government’s new home care law which guts existing home and community care...
June 05, 2020 17:24 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Death Toll Among Patients, Residents and Staff in Health Care Settings up 18.4% in 2 weeks: OHC Tracking Numbers Still Growing But More Slowly

Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, June 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Since the week of March 12, the Ontario Health Coalition has been tracking all people who have been infected with COVID-19 in...
June 01, 2020 17:02 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Fact Check & Briefing Note on Inspections in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes

TORONTO, June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition, which has advocated for more than two decades for annual unannounced full resident quality inspections of all long-term care...