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640 Toronto posted this on twitter! Ford and Fullerton should both be put into a LTCH in straight jackets ...so they can't be fed, briefs not changed, no engagement...left in their rooms for days on end...no visitors.... THIS would be just.

My reaction to the airing of the Marketplace Investigative Report on the Long Term Care Crisis is as follows : All Administrators who were in charge of every LT...C Home which had repeated serious violation & chose to continue to " BREAK THE LAW " "MUST" be charged, convicted , sentenced to Max Penalty & Go to Jail for their Crimes. Along with these criminals Every Past Minister of Health & LTC, in cabinet while this blatant breaking of the law was allowed along with the Head of The Ministry LTC Inspection Branch; also need to be dealt with in the very same fashion ; with no exceptions. Merrilee Fullerton has to be fired immediately & brought before an investigative committee & held to full account for Her Criminal Complicity in The LTC Crisis in Ontario. PERIOD ; & I am Dead Serious !!!!! See more

OUR BEST CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO WIN A MINIMUM CARE STANDARD IN LONG-TERM CARE is coming up in four days when Bill 13 the Time to Care Act will be introduced for Second Reading in the Ontario Legislature. Please help by telling your MPP to pass the Bill. It is easy. Just call or email your MPP and ask them to vote in favour of Bill 13 the Time to Care Act. It is a Private Member's Bill that has been introduced by MPP Teresa Armstrong (NDP, London Fanshawe riding). It would requir...e the government to implement an enforceable minimum care standard of an average of 4-hours of hands-on daily care in long-term care homes. This would be a considerable improvement on what we have now (about 2.7 hours of care) and is supported by the best available evidence about what would make care levels safe for residents and staff alike. We all know that the care levels are too low and staffing is in critical shortages. For years, governments have adopted "voluntary measures" and a future target of 4-hours. Enough is enough. We need care now. This is what you can do: Call or email your MPP. A full list of Ontario MPPs is here: https://www.ola.org/en/members/current To help -- you can tell them you want them to vote to pass Bill 13 the Time to Care Act and that you think it is a top priority to get a minimum care standard in long-term care homes now. You can add anything you would like about how you are concerned about the woefully inadequate care in the homes and make the message your own. What is important is that they get tons of messages from voters. Please do it within the next four days. Sooner is better! Thank you. See more

Better long-term care means Providing caregivers a full-time job with benefits like paid sick leave Mandating high staff-to-resident ratios for quality elder care... Standardized living-wages to attract and retain good nurses and personal support workers https://carenotprofits.ca/

1 WEEK TO REGISTER! GREAT LINE UP FOR ANNUAL HEALTH ACTION VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY There is just one week left for registration for our Annual Health Action Assembly.... We are really pleased because we have a really amazing set of guest speakers and are looking forward to seeing you all there! Please see below for the full list of speakers including new ones and the full agenda. If you are having any issues with registering please email us your email, phone number, organization name, city and choices for sessions and we can register you. If possible, please pay the 10 dollar Assembly fee as it helps cover the cost of the assembly. 2020 Annual Health Action Virtual Assembly Saturday October 24th 9:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M Conference will be held virtually via Zoom 9:00 A.M. Opening Plenary Quick Briefing: Tracking The Spread of COVID-19 - Health and Congregate Care Settings: Megan Lee, OHC Campaigns - Non-health Care Industries and Schools: Riley Sanders, OHC Campaigns - Migrant Farmworkers: Tracey Ramsey, former MP, Co-Chair Windsor Essex Health Coalition - Racialized and Low-Income Households: Sane Dube, Alliance for Healthier Communities Followed by Annual Report and Action Plan draft 10:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Please Choose One Session Human Rights, Discrimination Against the Elderly and Ontario’s Health Cuts - Jane Meadus, Lawyer, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly - Gary Will, Lawyer, Will Davidson Law, the law firm that is filing some of the class actions against for-profit long-term care homes - Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition - Adriel Weaver, Lawyer, Goldblatt Partners Fighting for Health Care Workers' Rights, Experiences Under COVID-19 and SARS - Tim Deelstra, Facilitator, UFCW - Michael Hurley, President, OCHU/CUPE - Katha Fortier, Assistant to the President, Unifor - Sharleen Stewart, President, SEIU Revera Inc. and For-Profit Long-Term Care: Lessons from COVID-19 - Shalom Schachter, Lawyer, Member of Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition - Kevin Skerrett, Pension Specialist, Ottawa Health Coalition - Shelley Smith, PSW, Unifor 11:00 A.M. 12:00 P.M. Please Choose One Session Victory Against For-Profit Clinics in the B.C. Court Challenge: What’s Next? - Dr. Gordon Guyatt, Distinguished Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics who testified at the trial - Dr. Danyaal Raza, Doctor, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, intervenors in the court challenge - Usman Mushta, B.C. Health Coalition, Intervenors in the court challenge The Almighty Dollar: What is Happening with Federal and Provincial Funding for Health Care? - Doug Allan, Researcher, CUPE - Sheila Block, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Lunch Break 1:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. Closing Plenary Lessons from the First Wave - Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos, Associate Teaching Professor and Long Term Care Advocate - Dr. Amit Arya, Palliative Care Physician - Front Line Health Care Worker- TBC - Natalie Mehra, Director, OHC Followed by Action Plan Discussion and Finalization & Adjournment. ------------------------- How to Register Registration is required to attend. When you register, you need to select which sessions you wish to attend. Please see the choices below in the agenda. Deadline to register: Thursday October 22 at 5 p.m. Please Register and choose which sessions you would like to participant in here: https://zoom.us//regi/tJ0kdemhpzIqGtRI4ZCd3Lr3ZJWdhXcvr1an Fees Assembly: 0-$10 sliding scale. If you are able to pay the Assembly Fee, please do so because it is needed to help cover our costs of organizing the Assembly. Payment and Contact You can pay online here: https://store.ontariohealthcoalition.ca//copy-of-health-ac or send us a cheque to: 15 Gervais Dr. Suite 201, Toronto, ON, M3C 1Y8 If you have any questions please contact us at: EMAIL: [email protected] PH: 416-441-2502

Show your support for Long Term Care in Ontario by wearing this frame on your profile!. Residents need Four Hours of hands-on care. Second Reading of Bill 13, the Time to Care Act, is scheduled to place in the Ontario Legislature on October 28. Let's show our support for the residents and those who care for them that we support our seniors!

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"There is no way we can continue on past this pandemic into this second wave without these things being addressed and when we see other provinces doing it, where is the Ford government," says Ramsey. "Why are they not acting to save lives, to recruit and retain workers, to make sure that the staffing levels are where they need to be."

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