{"id":19078,"date":"2007-07-03T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=19078"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T16:58:10","slug":"neglect-shouldnt-be-an-option-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/neglect-shouldnt-be-an-option-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Neglect shouldn\u2019t be an option."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(July 3, 2007)<\/p>\n<h2>Ontario has no regulated staffing level for its publicly-funded long term care homes. Isn\u2019t it time it should?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture-15-300x276.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture-15-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture-15.png 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most provinces and U.S. states have set standards of care for seniors living in publicly-funded long term care homes.<\/p>\n<p>While these jurisdictions were adopting and improving these standards, in 1995 former Premier Mike Harris eliminated Ontario\u2019s bare bones requirement for 2.25 hours of care per resident per day.<\/p>\n<p>By 2001, PriceWaterhouseCoopers confirmed what everyone already knew: Ontario had the worst level of care among all jurisdictions examined.<\/p>\n<p>Dalton McGuinty vowed to bring back these standards during the 2003 provincial election. This winter the health minister said that a regulation was coming soon. Will it be enough?<\/p>\n<p>Ontario needs quality standards to ensure residents are properly looked after. The need for some homes to maximize profits cannot be at the cost of providing front line care.<\/p>\n<p>To improve the health of residents, studies have shown that long term care residents should receive an average of 3.5 hours of personal care per day as a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>Ontarians are ahead of the government on this issue. In a January 2007 Vector Poll, two out of three respondents said government should establish minimum staffing standards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What you can do<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Contact your MPP<\/strong>: Demand Ontario take proper care of its citizens and insist government set a minimum average of 3.5 hours of care per day in long term care homes. Neglect should not be an option. Ontario can do better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Help spread the word<\/strong>: Write a letter to the editor. Talk to your neighbours and friends. Distribute leaflets and posters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign a petition<\/strong>: Petitions are now circulating in your community. Copies of the petition can be downloaded from the Ontario Health Coalition website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c&#8230;instances of neglect will continue unless care levels keep up with the increasingly complex <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>physical and mental needs of elderly residents.\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Toronto Star Editorial, April 2, 2007<\/p>\n<p>This message brought to you by: Ontario Health Coalition<br \/>\nwww.ontariohealthcoalition.ca 416-441-2502<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-07-07StaffingStandards8x111-1.pdf\">Click here for printable version<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 3, 2007) Ontario has no regulated staffing level for its publicly-funded long term care homes. 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