{"id":16533,"date":"2021-03-19T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=16533"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:11:54","slug":"ontario-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario groups call for inquiry into \u2018systemic discrimination\u2019 against seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(March 18, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By:<span class=\"article__author-by\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article__author\"><span class=\"article__author-name\">Maria Iqbal, The Hamilton Spectator<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/0Ckn_6sJfiNAK0m9k9lz2FkoKZM=\/1086x852\/smart\/filters:cb(1616171130840)\/https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/content\/dam\/thespec\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/03\/18\/ontario-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-seniors\/grace_villa.jpg\" alt=\"OHC executive director Natalie Mehra noted that out of 297 COVID-19 deaths in Hamilton, 143 were long-term-care residents. At Grace Villa 44 of its 156 residents died between Nov. 25 and Jan. 20 during the city\u2019s worst COVID outbreak.\" width=\"385\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Ontario advocacy groups and unions are demanding\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/letter-events-call-for-human-rights-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-the-elderly-in-ontario-hospitals-and-long-term-care\/\">a formal inquiry<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>into older residents being denied adequate access to health care \u2014 which they say has only worsened\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/canada\/coronavirus.html\">in the pandemic<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">In a campaign launched Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/03\/18\/ontario-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-seniors.html\">Ontario Health Coalition<\/a> (OHC), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) are asking the Ontario Human Rights Commission to investigate \u201csystemic discrimination\u201d that saw seniors<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/05\/09\/covid-19-why-are-dying-seniors-not-being-taken-to-hospital.html\">denied hospital care<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/03\/02\/some-seniors-with-dementia-stuck-without-proper-care-during-covid.html\">adequate long-term care<\/a><\/span>\u00a0especially in the pandemic. They\u2019re also urging the province to \u201ctake immediate action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cThere is &#8230; a systemic ageism in our health-care system that treats the elderly as though their lives have less meaning,\u201d said OHC executive director Natalie Mehra in a news conference for Hamilton and Niagara on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">In November, a University of Toronto and Public Health Ontario\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2020.11.06.20227140v1\">study<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 still awaiting peer review \u2014 found only about 20 per cent of COVID-19 patients in Ontario<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/long-term-care.html\">long-term-care homes<\/a><\/span>\u00a0were admitted to hospital before they died. Mehra noted that out of 297 COVID-19 deaths in Hamilton, 143 were long-term-care residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cIn the pandemic &#8230; we saw, to our horror, the worst mass casualty event in our province\u2019s long-term care history,\u201d said Mehra. \u201cMany of those deaths were avoidable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">She also pointed to a \u201clong-standing problem\u201d of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/11\/23\/covid-infections-shooting-back-up-in-hamilton-with-154-new-cases-in-three-days.html\">overcrowded hospitals<\/a><\/span>, which is \u201cmore extreme\u201d in Hamilton and Niagara than other parts of the province. Mehra said this led hospitals to discharge older patients awaiting long-term care early in the pandemic to \u201cmake way for patients that were deemed to be more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Wait lists for long-term care in Hamilton have reached up to 768 days, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Meadus, a staff lawyer at ACE, said \u201ccommon complaints\u201d of poor care in senior homes \u2014 including residents left in soiled diapers, not taken to the washroom on time, and not getting regular baths \u2014<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/01\/25\/we-were-forced-to-neglect-our-residents-grace-villa-workers-expose-conditions-inside-outbreak.html\">only worsened<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cIf this was a daycare (and) these were children, these facilities would be shut down in a heartbeat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The groups are asking people to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/letter-events-call-for-human-rights-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-the-elderly-in-ontario-hospitals-and-long-term-care\/\">support their calls<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by writing to the Human Rights Commission, premier, and their local MPPs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/03\/18\/ontario-groups-call-for-inquiry-into-systemic-discrimination-against-seniors.html\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(March 18, 2021) By:\u00a0Maria Iqbal, The Hamilton Spectator Ontario advocacy groups and unions are demanding\u00a0a formal inquiry\u00a0into older residents being denied adequate access to health care \u2014 which they say has only worsened\u00a0in the pandemic. In a campaign launched Tuesday, the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) and the Advocacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ontario groups call for inquiry into \u2018systemic discrimination\u2019 against seniors - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(March 18, 2021) By:\u00a0Maria Iqbal, The Hamilton Spectator Ontario advocacy groups and unions are demanding\u00a0a formal inquiry\u00a0into older residents being\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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