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(March 13, 2021)<\/p>\n

By: Windsor Star<\/p>\n

The Ontario government has done nothing but offer empty promises and rhetoric in response to the absolute chaos that is happening long-term care homes across the province.<\/p>\n

A recent story in a major Canadian newspaper indicated some say it\u2019s time to shut down for-profit long term care homes. There are some good arguments to support the notion they should be incorporated into the public system as not-for-profit.<\/p>\n

In the story, Dr. Samir Sinha, director or geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto while talking about thousands of deaths that occurred in long-term care homes related to the pandemic noted many others have been lost due neglect or lack of care.<\/p>\n

They may not have died of COVID-19, \u201cbut they die because of starvation and dehydration.\u201d Think about the shame of that and imagine it\u2019s a loved one of your own.<\/p>\n

We are well into the second wave of this pandemic and still experiencing poor infection control, delayed response to outbreaks, lack of transparency, worsening staff shortages and the list goes on.<\/p>\n

A government-appointed commission to look into the sector took the unusual step of putting out a recommendation before the report was released calling on the government to immediately put into place a minimum care standard of four hours per resident per day.<\/p>\n

The government response was to put it in place over a four-year period. Given that the median life expectancy in Ontario\u2019s long-term care sector is 18 months, the four years makes no sense. It is needed now to prevent more unnecessary deaths.<\/p>\n

Premier Doug Ford promised to move \u201cheaven and earth\u201d to protect seniors in long term care, but in reality has done the opposite.<\/p>\n

His government passed legislation retroactively by raising the threshold for liability in order to protect the long-term care owners. He has delayed the minimum care standard, failed to act on training, done nothing to address poor infection control, delayed response to outbreaks and worsened staff shortages.<\/p>\n

The Ontario Health Coalition<\/a> recently put out a list of Ford government caucus members who received campaign contributions from corporate owners of long-term care homes. Maybe that has clouded their vision.<\/p>\n

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