{"id":15318,"date":"2020-11-20T04:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=15318"},"modified":"2020-11-23T04:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:55:41","slug":"the-province-is-dodging-the-truth-on-covid-19-in-long-term-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/the-province-is-dodging-the-truth-on-covid-19-in-long-term-care\/","title":{"rendered":"The province is dodging the truth on COVID-19 in long-term care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(November 19, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>By: The Hamilton Spectator<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/RAIuCAWbNac7SCm1v21KR8ZbN3E=\/1200x872\/smart\/filters:cb(1605739113604)\/https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/content\/dam\/thespec\/opinion\/editorials\/2020\/11\/19\/the-province-is-dodging-the-truth-on-covid-19-in-long-term-care\/nsd12364754.jpg\" alt=\"Merrilee Fullerton, Ontario's Minister of Long-Term Care, says LTC homes are in a \u2018much, much\u2019 better place than during the last wave. The evidence suggests otherwise.\" width=\"440\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">On Monday, Ontario\u2019s long-term-care minister, Merrilee Fullerton, assured Ontarians that in spite of COVID-19 spreading through\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/11\/17\/covid-cases-are-exploding-in-long-term-care-and-retirement-homes.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">long-term-care homes<\/span><\/a>, they\u2019re actually doing better than they did in the first wave of this pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Speaking at Queen\u2019s Park, the minister summed up: \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that lessons have been learned from the first wave and the data shows our homes are doing much, much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Really? On Tuesday, 26 of 32\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/11\/18\/two-new-deaths-39-new-covid-cases-in-hamilton.html\">new COVID-19 deaths<\/a><\/span>\u00a0were in care homes. The province says 678 nursing home residents have the virus. And 100 of the province\u2019s 626 care homes have outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Does that sound like \u201cmuch, much better\u201d to you? It doesn\u2019t to us, either. And it doesn\u2019t to many health experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Health experts like Dr. Amit Arya of McMaster University, who described the first wave in long-term care as \u201ca horror movie\u201d and who says now: \u201cWe really have not done anything close to what we should have done to prepare for the second wave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/ths\/opinion\/editorials\/2020\/11\/19\/the-province-is-dodging-the-truth-on-covid-19-in-long-term-care.html\">Natalie Mehra<\/a>, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/ths\/opinion\/editorials\/2020\/11\/19\/the-province-is-dodging-the-truth-on-covid-19-in-long-term-care.html\">Ontario Health Coalition<\/a>, agrees. She has\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/11\/17\/covid-cases-are-exploding-in-long-term-care-and-retirement-homes.html\">said in media reports:\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s devastating &#8230; The numbers right now are just exploding.\u201d She also says \u201cwe\u2019re shaping up to have a worse second wave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Indeed, according to Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses\u2019 Association of Ontario: \u201cThe number of residents with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/11\/16\/hamilton-is-one-step-away-from-lockdown-but-no-one-knows-what-triggers-it.html\">COVID<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is increasing, the number of staff with COVID is increasing and the number of residents who die is increasing. How can anyone sleep well at night with that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">It\u2019s a good question. Notwithstanding Minister Fullerton\u2019s claims to the contrary, it doesn\u2019t seem as if Ontario\u2019s retirement home care system is in a better place than it was during the first wave. It\u2019s clear that the Ford government is concerned and has been trying to put improvements and protections in place, but the reality is that it started too late, and it had repeated warnings during and after the first wave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The Registered Nurses\u2019 Association, for example, asked the government to make investments in staffing with registered nurses, nurse practitioners, registered practical nurses and personal support workers in homes across Ontario. The government didn\u2019t act. And so when the second wave hit, staffing levels were already at or below operative minimum, and that was before staff began to get sick and be absent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The government\u2019s own LTC commission, in its interim report on fixing the system, released a series of recommendations urgently calling for action on things like staffing levels and compensation. Fullerton said her department was \u201ccarefully reviewing\u201d the recommendations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">This is all happening at the same time as a Toronto Star\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/investigations\/2020\/11\/16\/an-attractive-investment-as-private-equity-scoops-up-ontario-nursing-homes-there-are-concerns-about-whether-profit-driven-facilities-can-best-care-for-fragile-seniors.html\">investigation reveals<\/a><\/span>\u00a0private LTC operation is such a lucrative business opportunity, private equity funds are being set up to cash in on the potential. That\u2019s not surprising given the shortage of beds that continues to exist and our aging population.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">But keep in mind this is specifically about private, for-profit LTC operations. In Ontario, for-profit homes account for a little more than half of the province\u2019s long-term-care beds. But they also accounted for 70 per cent of COVID deaths in the first wave of the pandemic. According to a Star analysis, so far in the second wave for-profit homes have just under 80 per cent of the deaths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">So if you\u2019re a wealthy investor, there\u2019s money to be made in for-profit long-term care. What is less clear is whether the for-profit model, where the bottom line is always going to competing for the top priority, even over resident care, has a place in the long-term-care system. That the government isn\u2019t even considering that is troubling.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/ths\/opinion\/editorials\/2020\/11\/19\/the-province-is-dodging-the-truth-on-covid-19-in-long-term-care.html\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(November 19, 2020) By: The Hamilton Spectator On Monday, Ontario\u2019s long-term-care minister, Merrilee Fullerton, assured Ontarians that in spite of COVID-19 spreading through\u00a0long-term-care homes, they\u2019re actually doing better than they did in the first wave of this pandemic. 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