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(June 4, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: Michael Swan, The Catholic Register<\/p>\n

The 88-year-old godmother of palliative care in Ontario knows exactly what\u2019s wrong with long-term care in the province. Much of it is motivated by profit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe profit motive is \u2014 what do I want to call it? \u2014 something that sets fire to the concept of care,\u201d said Jean Echlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just \u2014 ohhh!\u201d said a frustrated Echlin.<\/p>\n

On June 1, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dub\u00e9, acting on his own authority to investigate, assembled a \u201cspecial ombudsman response team\u201d to examine the entire sector. His investigation came one week after the Canadian Armed Forces, called in to help at five long-term care facilities facing crisis due to COVID-19, issued a damning report that found unsanitary conditions and an absence of basic care in all five for-profit homes.<\/p>\n

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Click here for the full article, featuring an interview with Ontario Health Coalition executive director Natalie Mehra<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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