{"id":19412,"date":"2022-08-30T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=19412"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:08:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T21:08:36","slug":"ford-government-passes-motion-to-skip-public-hearings-on-long-term-care-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ford-government-passes-motion-to-skip-public-hearings-on-long-term-care-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford government passes motion to skip public hearings on long-term care legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(August 29, 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: The Canadian Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ontario&#8217;s Progressive Conservative government\u00a0passed a motion Monday to skip public hearings for legislation that would allow hospital patients awaiting long-term care to be transferred to a home without their consent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra has said the legislation will free up badly needed acute care beds in hospitals.\u00a0According to the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), there were 5,930 &#8220;alternate level of care&#8221; patients\u00a0\u2014 those deemed to no longer be in need of acute care\u00a0\u2014 in hospital as of Aug. 17,\u00a0of which 40 per cent were waiting for a space in long-term care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the text of the bill says hospitals must make a &#8220;reasonable effort&#8221; to obtain consent from patients, it would\u00a0in theory\u00a0allow\u00a0patients to be moved to a temporary long-term care home without their consent while they await a bed in their preferred facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government moved a motion last week that would advance the bill directly to third reading, which means it will not be considered by committee or be subject to public hearings at that stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The legislation does not allow patients to be physically moved to a long-term care home, but it remains unclear what would happen if a patient refused a transfer. In some cases currently, if a patient declines to be moved to a long-term care facility of their choice, a hospital can formally discharge them and charge them a daily uninsured rate.\u00a0That can be $1,500 or more per day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NDP\u00a0alleges the government is\u00a0&#8220;silencing&#8221; opposition by skipping public input on the controversial legislation. Wayne Gates,\u00a0NDP MPP and critic for long-term care, retirement homes and home care, held what the party billed as an &#8220;emergency hearing&#8221; on Monday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session heard from health-care workers, advocates and union members, with many of the speakers calling for Bill 7, called the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Beds, Better Care Act<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to be withdrawn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We just can&#8217;t support this legislation,&#8221; said Jane Meadus, staff lawyer at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly often provides feedback on health-care related legislation during the committee phase. But in the case of Bill 7, the government has opted not to schedule any committee hearings and has already moved a motion to advance the bill directly to a third reading, the final stage before MPPs vote on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There is nothing in this act that does what it says it is supposed to,&#8221; Meadus said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other speakers said the legislation would unfairly target sick, old and vulnerable people, as well as disabled persons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Now the competition for too few resources is being taken out once again on the backs of the elderly, the most frail, the vulnerable,&#8221; said\u00a0Natalie Mehra, executive director Ontario Health Coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In the end it will\u00a0be the people who cannot speak for themselves who will be pushed to places far away that are inappropriate, that are not of their choosing, without any kind of support system for them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both\u00a0the NDP and Liberals have alleged that the regulations supporting the legislation would allow for patients in Northern Ontario to be moved up to 300 km\u00a0from their homes. Meanwhile, patients in most of southern Ontario could be moved up to 100 km\u00a0away and those in cities up to 30\u00a0km\u00a0from their homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calandra and the Ministry of Long-term Care, however, say\u00a0conversations with stakeholders about specific regulations are ongoing and that they would be presented to the legislature within a week of Bill 7 receiving Royal Assent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The situation in our hospitals and acute care demands action,&#8221; said Jake Roseman, spokesperson for the ministry,\u00a0in an email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Minister has committed to consulting with stakeholders,\u00a0including LTC homes, LTC home and resident and family council associations, and health system planning and service delivery agencies.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahead of the NDP&#8217;s\u00a0event Monday, the government also sent out a news release to media highlighting instances when the party&#8217;s MPPs have voiced concerns about patients awaiting long-term care placements staying in hospitals for prolonged periods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The NDP have always played politics when it comes to health care in Ontario. But now it&#8217;s clear they are\u00a0\u200balso hypocrites that say no for the sake of saying no,&#8221; the release said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/bil-7-long-term-care-public-hearings-1.6565577\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link to original article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(August 29, 2022) By: The Canadian Press Ontario&#8217;s Progressive Conservative government\u00a0passed a motion Monday to skip public hearings for legislation that would allow hospital patients awaiting long-term care to be transferred to a home without their consent. 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