{"id":1421,"date":"2014-05-21T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T22:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2020-11-04T15:55:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:55:17","slug":"giant-rocking-chair-tour-rock-in-for-improved-long-term-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/giant-rocking-chair-tour-rock-in-for-improved-long-term-care\/","title":{"rendered":"<FONT COLOR=\"#E00000\">RELEASE: <\/FONT> Giant Rocking Chair Tour: \u201cRock-in\u201d for Improved Long-Term Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(May 21, 2014)<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Health Coalition is working with hundreds of groups to tour the province with a giant 10-foot tall rocking chair. The goal is to raise awareness about levels of care and access to care in Ontario\u2019s long-term care homes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Almost 80,000 Ontarians, many of them elderly, live in long-term care homes (often known as nursing homes). The giant rocking chair will go to 27 communities over the next two-and-a-half weeks. In each location, we will hold a media event featuring our 10-foot tall rocking chair and press conferences with family councils, residents, seniors&#8217; groups, unions, nurses, careworkers, families and long-term care administrators. Each event will be approx. 1\/2 hour.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Health Coalition, local health coalitions, friends and allies have identified two key demands of the next Ontario provincial government to address this situation:<\/p>\n<p>1. Set a minimum care staffing standard of 4-hours of hands-on care per day per resident.<\/p>\n<p>2. Improve access to care and reduce wait times.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition will be collecting 20,000 signatures on postcards as they travel with the chair to symbolize the 20,000+ people waiting for long-term care placements.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Please note: \u00a0the location of the Stratford event this\u00a0Saturday May 24 at 1:30 p.m.\u00a0has been changed and is now taking place in front of City Hall (corner of Wellington St. &amp; Downie St.)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/May-21-2014-Rocking-Chair-Tour.pdf\">Click here for Media Release\/Tour Itinerary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 21, 2014) The Ontario Health Coalition is working with hundreds of groups to tour the province with a giant 10-foot tall rocking chair. 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