LONG-TERM CARE/CHRONIC CARE ROUNDUP: Major Long-Term Care/Chronic Care Reports, Analysis, Backgrounders, Fact Sheets, Briefing Notes & Media Releases

Posted: September 21, 2020

On this page you can find a roundup of Ontario Health Coalition Long-Term Care/Chronic Care:

1. Reports & Analysis
2. Backgrounders, Facts Sheets & Briefing Notes
3. Media Releases

Reports/Analysis

• REPORT: Briefing Report: Investigating Real Registered Nurse Staffing Levels in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes April 7, 2021
• RELEASE, BRIEFING NOTE & LEGAL OPINION: Advocates Representing More Than 1 Million Canadians Call For National Standards to Improve Quality, Accountability and Take Profit Out of Long-Term Care March 22, 2021
• LETTER & EVENTS: Call for Human Rights Inquiry Into Systemic Discrimination Against the Elderly in Ontario Hospitals and Long-Term Care March 16, 2021
• REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: Large Outbreaks in Health Care Settings Summary & Report: Over Two Thousand Dead in Long-Term Care as We Approach End of Wave 2 – Data updated to March 3 March 12, 2021
• REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: Large Outbreaks in Health Care Settings Summary & Report: Second Wave in Long-Term Care Infections & Deaths have Surpassed First Wave – Data updated to February 9 February 17, 2021
• REPORT: Shocking Number of Long-Term Care Homes with Majority of Residents Infected – Data updated to January 19 January 22, 2021
• REPORT: Wave 2 Continues to Devastate Long-Term Care, Far Surpassing the 1st Wave – Data updated to January 19 January 22, 2021
• REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: Sharp escalation in large COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings – Data updated to January 8 January 11, 2021
• REPORT: COVID-19 Second Wave Survey of Staff in Long-Term Care Homes with Large Outbreaks December 18, 2020
• REPORT:A Call to Conscience: The COVID-19 Crisis in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes, What is Needed & the Government’s Response December 17, 2020
• REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: Sharp escalation in large COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings – Data updated to December 1 December 3, 2020
• REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: COVID Numbers in Health Care Outbreaks Escalating Dramatically – Data Updated to November 17 November 19, 2020
• INTEGRITY COMPLAINT: Health Coalition Requests Integrity Commissioner Investigate Political Donations & High-Level Personnel Links Between For-Profit LTC Industry and Ford Government Prior to Passage of Legal Liability Bil November 16, 2020
• REPORT & RELEASE: Ontario Is Experiencing Exponential Growth of COVID-19 Cases In Long-Term Care – OHC’s Roundup of Most Recent Case Numbers November 10, 2020
• SUBMISSION: Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on Bill 218 November 4, 2020
• REPORT: Tracking of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings – Data Updated to October 28 November 3, 2020
• RELEASE & ANALYSIS: Health Coalition Calls for Government to Flow Urgently Needed Money to Hospitals and Long-Term Care; Staffing Announcements Far Less Than Other Provinces October 2, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: Rate of Increase in COVID-19 among Staff, Residents, and Patients in Ontario’s Health Care Settings More Than Doubled: Coalition Fears Second Wave in Long-Term Care September 23, 2020
• FACT SHEET: Fact Sheet on Revera Inc. For-Profit Long-Term Care & Retirement Home Chain Owner September 16, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: Ford Government Must Be Transparent About COVID-19 Outbreaks, Improve Public Access to Information: Health Coalition Releases Updated Reports on Outbreaks in Health & Non-Health Sectors September 9, 2020
• REPORT: Tracking of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings – Data Updated to July 13 July 23, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: 95% of Ontario Long-Term Care Staff Report Staffing Shortages Leaving Basic Care Needs Unmet: Health Coalition Releases Staffing Survey Calling for Ford Government to Take Action July 22, 2020
• RELEASE, ANALYSIS & BACKGROUNDER: “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 July 16, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: 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 June 23, 2020
• REPORT: Tracking of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings – Data Updated to June 2 June 5, 2020
• REPORT: New Report on COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Settings – Data Updated to May 19 June 2, 2020
• REPORT: COVID-19 outbreaks in health settings almost doubled, death toll up by 333.7% – Data updated to May 5 May 12, 2020
• RELEASE & ANALYSIS: COVID-19 Death Rates in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes Significantly Higher and Increasing in For-Profit Homes vs. Non-Profit and Publicly-Owned Homes: New Data Analysis May 6, 2020
• ANALYSIS & RESPONSE: New Directive and Guidelines for COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Homes Inadequate: Coalition Calls for Full Testing, Better Access to PPE, Respect for Human Rights in Care April 9, 2020
• REPORT: Caring in Crisis: Ontario’s Long-Term Care PSW Shortage December 9, 2019
• REPORT Situation Critical: Planning, Access, Levels of Care and Violence in Ontario’s Long-Term Care January 24, 2019
• REPORT: Protecting the Public Interest in Toronto’s Long-Term Care Homes: A Review of the Evidence on Privatization March 6, 2012
• REPORT: Violence, Insufficient Care, and Downloading of Heavy Care Patients May 8, 2008
• REPORT: Ownership Matters: Lessons from Ontario’s Long Term Care Facilities May 27, 2002
• REPORT: from Long Term Care Forums March 1, 2001

Backgrounders/Fact Sheets/Briefing Notes

• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Health Coalition is Watching for Sufficient Health Funding, Strings Attached in For-Profit LTC & A Stop to the Ford Government’s Privatization of Health Care March 24, 2021
• RELEASE, BRIEFING NOTE & LEGAL OPINION: Advocates Representing More Than 1 Million Canadians Call For National Standards to Improve Quality, Accountability and Take Profit Out of Long-Term Care March 22, 2021
• RESOURCES: Briefing for Long-Term Care Families: Access for Visitors and Essential Caregivers January 14, 2021
• FACT SHEET: Fact Sheet on Revera Inc. For-Profit Long-Term Care & Retirement Home Chain Owner September 16, 2020
• BRIEFING NOTE: COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Litigation & Legal Actions September 16, 2020
• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: Fact Check & Briefing Note on Inspections in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes May 29, 2020
• BRIEFING NOTE: Key Issues in Long-Term Care + Public Inquiry Recommendations July 31, 2019
• RELEASE: Coalition Decries McGuinty’s Failure to Fulfill Promise to Improve Care Levels in Nursing Homes September 9, 2007
• FACT SHEET: Long Term Care Facilities April 1, 2004
• FACT SHEET: Long Term Care? Community Care? Home Care? Why Should We Care? May 1, 2002
• RELEASE/BACKGROUNDER: Province’s Long Term Care PR Announcements Are an Insult to Seniors September 14, 2001
• FACT SHEET: The Emerging Crisis in Chronic Care May 1, 2000
• FACT SHEET: Hospital Funding January 1, 2000
• FACT SHEET: Patient Classification and Funding in Chronic Care January 1, 2000
• FACT SHEET: Chronic Care May 1, 1999
• FACT SHEET: General Long Term Care May 1, 1999
• FACT SHEET: Long Term Care Facilities May 1, 1999
• FACT SHEET: Chronic Care Policy Issues January 1, 1999

Media Releases

• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Health Coalition is Watching for Sufficient Health Funding, Strings Attached in For-Profit LTC & A Stop to the Ford Government’s Privatization of Health Care March 24, 2021
• RELEASE, BRIEFING NOTE & LEGAL OPINION: Advocates Representing More Than 1 Million Canadians Call For National Standards to Improve Quality, Accountability and Take Profit Out of Long-Term Care March 22, 2021
• RELEASE & REPORT: Almost 4,000 Dead in Long-Term Care as We Approach End of Wave 2: Wave 2 Deaths Exceed Wave I March 12, 2021
• RELEASE: OHC Responds to Ford Government’s PSW Announcement with Incredulity: 373 PSWs for Long-Term Care Nowhere Near What is Needed February 22, 2021
• RELEASE: COVID-19 Health Care Outbreaks are Still Fatally High: Long-Term Care Deaths Surpass Wave I & COVID-19 Infections 50% More than Wave I February 17, 2021
• RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition Releases Tracking of UK Variant COVID-19 As COVID-19 U.K. Variant Spreads Ford Government Can Not Fail Us Again: Stronger Enforced Public Health Measures Are Missing February 10, 2021
• RELEASE: Health Coalition Calls on Ford Government to Stop For-Profit Long-Term Care Chain Companies from Banning Essential Caregivers: COVID-19 February 8, 2021
• RELEASE: Health Coalitions call for Federal Leadership to Defend Public Health Care January 25, 2021
• RELEASE: Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Crisis: 100 Organizations Send Clear Message to Premier Ford, This is an Emergency, We Need Action Now January 22, 2021
• RELEASE: COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings Threaten to Topple Devastating Records Set in the First Wave January 11, 2021
• RELEASE: Emergency: COVID-19 Crisis Situation In Ontario Requires Stronger Measures AND Stronger Supports for People Impacted, Today is Deadliest Day of Pandemic So Far January 7, 2021
• RELEASE: Health Coalition Disappointed with Ford Government’s Staffing Report Announcement: No Recruitment Drive Announced, Timelines for Staffing Improvements Mean Slight Improvements Year After Next December 17, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: A Call to Conscience: New Report on the COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term Care in Wave 2 Reveals Huge Gaps in Ford Government’s Response December 17, 2020
• RELEASE: Health Coalition Applauds Excellent Recommendations Released by Long-Term Care Commission Today: Calls on Ford Government to Implement Them Immediately December 4, 2020
• RELEASE: By No Measure are they Under Control: Large Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care, Hospitals, Retirement Homes Escalating Sharply- New Tracking Report December 3, 2020
• RELEASE: 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 4, 2020
• RELEASE: 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 4, 2020
• RELEASE: Ford’s 4-hour long-term care announcement too late: Need commitment to deal with staffing crisis now November 2, 2020
• RELEASE: Health Coalition Supports Interim Recommendations from Long-Term Care Commission: Calls on Ford Government to Implement Them Immediately October 23, 2020
• RELEASE: 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
• RELEASE & EVENT ROUNDUP: Cross-Province Protest Decries Ford’s Inadequate Response to Long-Term Care Crisis October 8, 2020
• RELEASE: Throne Speech: Premiers Should Not Play Partisan Politics with Health Care; Concrete Commitments Needed From Provincial & Federal Governments September 29, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: Updated Tracking Reports Shows New 30 Outbreaks & Increase in Deaths in Health & Congregate Care Settings; New Outbreaks in Agriculture, Retail, Shelters and other Non-Health Care Industries July 23, 2020
• RELEASE & EVENTS: 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 June 30, 2020
• RELEASE & OPEN LETTER: 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 June 30, 2020
• RELEASE: 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 June 22, 2020
• RELEASE & REPORT: 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 June 5, 2020
• RELEASE: Military Report on Conditions in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes: “Beyond Frustrated” Health Coalition Calls on Ford Government to Implement Repeated Recommendations to Improve Access to PPE, Workplace Safety and Infection Control May 26, 2020
• RELEASE: Inquiry into Long-Term Care & COVID-19 Cannot Preclude Immediate Actions that are Needed, Must be Independent and Transparent: Health Coalition May 19, 2020
• REPORT: COVID-19 outbreaks in health settings almost doubled, death toll up by 333.7% – Data updated to May 5 May 12, 2020
• RELEASE: COVID-19 numbers still escalating in a “devastating” way in Ontario’s long-term care homes: Health Coalition calls a Day of Action to press Ford government for more concrete measures to stop the spread and stabilize the sector April 30, 2020
• RELEASE: COVID-19 Outbreaks Have Grown Exponentially In Health Care Settings: Health Coalition tracking report finds 3,783 people infected and 435 patients/residents/staff deceased April 23, 2020
• RELEASE: Action Plan to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Inadequate: Ford government must match rhetoric with stronger, concrete measures to protect residents and staff April 16, 2020
• RELEASE: COVID-19 Roundup: Health Workers/LTC Residents Infected, Government Supports & Relief Measures March 24, 2020
• RELEASE: Health Coalition & Broad Array of Groups Launch Campaign to Build Mass “Stadium-filling” Event to Save Local Health Care Services October 10, 2019
• RELEASE: Ford Government Cuts to Long-Term Care Funding Risk Already Over-Stressed Care Levels    July 10, 2019
• RELEASE: Budget Health Care Briefing: What is being Cut, Myth Buster, What is Coming April 11, 2019
• RELEASE: Warning that Leaked Health Care Omnibus Bill Would Create Health Care Chaos: Longstanding Leaders of Organizations Representing Patients, Care Workers, Doctors February 11, 2019
• RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition releases new report SITUATION CRITICAL – HOMICIDE AND VIOLENCE IN ONTARIO’S LONG-TERM CARE HOMES January 19, 2019
• RELEASE: Ontario Election 2018 Health Care Resources June 4, 2018
• RELEASE: $22 billion in cuts to funding for public services planned by Mr. Ford, worse than Harris, we are “extremely worried” June 3, 2018
• RELEASE: Provincial Election Discussion Should be About Rebuilding Public Hospitals & Long-Term Care Not “Efficiencies” or “Lean” or Code Words for Cuts: Health Coalition Calls for Concrete Commitments to Redress the Crisis in Access to Care May 16, 2018
• RELEASE: Deeply concerned about Doug Ford’s planned revenue cuts, comparison of parties’ commitments on key health care issues April 13, 2018
• RELEASE: Health Coalition Responds to Wettlaufer Inquiry Announcement August 1, 2017
• RELEASE: Inquiry Should Look into All Recent Homicides, Systemic Issues in Long-Term Care: Health Coalition June 28, 2017
• RELEASE: Health Care Advocates Dismayed with Ottawa’s Divide and Conquer Tactics: Hopes for a Canadian Health Accord Dashed as Provinces Signs Deal March 10, 2017
• RELEASE: Giant Rocking Chair Tour: “Rock-in” for Improved Long-Term Care May 21, 2014
• RELEASE: McGuinty Reneging on Years of Progress in Long-Term Care Homes’ Inspections & Enforcement: Betrays Longstanding Promises to Ontario Seniors June 13, 2012
• RELEASE: Coalition Decries McGuinty’s Failure to Fulfill Promise to Improve Care Levels in Nursing Homes September 9, 2007
• RELEASE: “Strong First Step” May 14, 2004
• RELEASE: Nursing Homes & Homecare Campaign April 26, 2004
• RELEASE: Seniors are Suffering May 29, 2001
• RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition warns Ontarians to get ready for new Long Term Care legislation December 7, 1999
• RELEASE: OHC Calls for Full Public Consultation and Release of Crucial Long Term Care document March 3, 1999