Ontario Health Coalition<\/a> (OHC), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE).<\/p>\n\u201cAs Canadians, we are proud of our healthcare systems,\u201d said Jane Meadus, a lawyer and Institutional Advocate for ACE. \u201cWhen it comes to our elderly, that is not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group states Ontario has been downsizing its healthcare system over the past three decades, while the province\u2019s population increased and became older. They state 20,000 hospital beds have been cut in this time, including \u201chundreds\u201d at the North Bay Regional Health Centre. This, while the province \u201crationed\u201d access to long-term care (LTC) facilities resulting in a wait-list of more than 38,000 mostly elderly Ontarians.<\/p>\n
In North Bay, an average of 12 people move into LTC each month and wait times for LTC beds in the city could take up to 2,234 days (6.1 years), the group states.<\/p>\n
Over 2,200 mostly elderly Ontarians who are deemed \u201calternate level of care\u201d patients who healthcare workers refer to as \u201cbed blockers\u201d.<\/p>\n
These patients who may have multiple complex chronic medical conditions, are moved to non-hospital sites and in some cases hotels, where staffing levels and care are lower,\u201d says Michael Hurley of the OCHU.<\/p>\n
The group also believes there are \u201cdiscriminatory policies\u201d in the ways those in LTC are treated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe culture of hospital diversion for long-term care residents carried through the first wave and second wave. The older the resident, the lower the rate of hospitalization,\u201d noted Natalie Mehra of the OHC.<\/p>\n
The group cited a study that found only 22.4% (1 in 5) LTC residents who died with COVID-19 were hospitalized compared to 81.4% (4 in 5) people who lived in the community.<\/p>\n
The group has sent a 39-page letter to the Ontario Human Rights Commission requesting a public inquiry into \u201csystematic discrimination against the elderly in access to health care\u201d.<\/p>\n
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