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They are Extendicare Hamilton, Parkview Nursing Centre, Ridgeview, the Meadows, Queen\u2019s Garden, Regina Gardens and Chartwell Willowgrove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The latter three are under <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/chartwell.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Chartwell Retirement Residences<\/span><\/a>, which is installing the units in 17 of its 23 facilities across Ontario. The work is expected to be complete \u201cbefore the next cooling season,\u201d said Chartwell spokesperson Sharon Ranalli in an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The homes had air conditioning only in common areas before the change, which is the ministry\u2019s minimum requirement. The remaining Hamilton facilities are already fully air-conditioned, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Though the weather is getting cooler with fall, climate change means <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/09\/14\/the-world-is-on-fire-how-should-hamilton-residents-vote-in-a-climate-emergency.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Hamilton can expect<\/span><\/a> hotter summers and longer heat waves. For example, last summer saw humidex values forecast to be up to 40 C and <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/07\/19\/environment-canada-warns-of-air-pollution-in-hamilton-amid-northern-ontario-forest-fires.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">air pollution<\/span><\/a> due to smoke from forest fires in northern Ontario. Older residents are often more vulnerable to <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7985343\/heat-wave-seniors-edmonton\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">heat-related health problems<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The upgrades follow provincial funding for cooling announced earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/en\/release\/1000204\/ontario-keeping-seniors-in-long-term-care-homes-cool-this-summer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">New provincial rules<\/span><\/a> took effect in May <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-despite-fords-pledge-new-ontario-ltc-homes-not-required-to-install-air\/\">that stop short<\/a> <\/span>of making air conditioning mandatory in resident rooms, despite <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ga5Bsbs-81A\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Premier Doug Ford\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7153596\/long-term-care-homes-air-conditioning-legislation\/\">pledge to do<\/a><\/span> so in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cSometimes (staff) don\u2019t have an opportunity to bring these patients, especially now, into these common areas,\u201d Ford said last year. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine sitting there in 27 or 28 degrees of heat in a room. It\u2019s just unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The new rules require homes to have air conditioning at least in designated cooling areas, a standard the ministry said all 626 of the <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/all-ontario-long-term-care-homes-now-have-air-conditioning-but-not-all-have-them-in-resident-rooms-1.5445052\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">province\u2019s homes meet<\/span><\/a>. Homes without central AC must have one cooling area per 40 residents. In 2020, nearly 13 per cent of facilities had no air conditioning at all, the province said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/about-us\/staff\/\">Ontario Health Coalition\u2019s<\/a><\/span> executive director noted there aren\u2019t always enough staff to bring residents to common rooms, and the areas can\u2019t necessarily support 40 residents at the same time, especially during <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/canada\/coronavirus.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">COVID<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cThe problem is, there\u2019s no clear definition on what a \u2018common area\u2019 is,\u201d said Natalie Mehra. \u201cWe have to recognize that most of (the residents) spend most of their time in their rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The province says 69 per cent of its 626 care facilities are fully air-conditioned as of Oct. 25, including in resident rooms. Last year, only 42 per cent were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Since the summer, homes must now submit daily temperature logs for any resident room that doesn\u2019t have air conditioning, ministry spokesperson Aslan Hart said in an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">If residents or visitors have concerns, they can complain to the ministry <a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/long-term-care.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">for an inspection<\/span><\/a>, Hart added, noting the province is tracking heat-related complaints daily which inspectors deal with \u201cin a timely manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/11\/10\/all-hamilton-long-term-care-homes-set-to-be-fully-air-conditioned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(November 10, 2021) By: Maria Iqbal, Spectator Reporter All Hamilton long-term-care homes are set to become fully air-conditioned as early as next year after a summer with multiple heat alerts. 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