We're trying to learn which #LTC homes in Ontario do not have air-conditioning/only have partial air-conditioning (common areas).
Pls help. If we ask @fordnation, if we get a response at all, it will take months.
We want to help your loved one NOW! Fill in the survey here >>
1) My loved one in #LTC has:
a) No air-conditioning at all (none in bedroom nor common areas)
b) No air-conditioning in the room but some in common areas
c) All is good – we have full air conditioning.
d) Other -- pls give details (point form is great)
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Que. 2) Have things improved regarding air conditioning since last summer or is the situation in your loved one's LTC home the same?
Pls email the Ontario Health Coalition ohc@sympatico.ca with the answers, name & town of the home by end of June 23. >>
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Pls put AIR CONDITIONING LTC in the subject line of your email.
We will NOT be keeping any of your personal info in our data compilation.
We are continuing our advocacy for Ontarians who live in #LTC.
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It seems like a big PR initiative to counter 100s of Drs/experts advocating an end to for-profit #LTC rolled out this wknd.(@cbc@TorontoStar)
They didn't report the facts about our collective efforts to regulate & hold accountable for-profit LTC.
Here are some (thread)> #onpoli
For those who've joined lately there has been a pitched struggle to regulate #LTC for decades. One primary eg. surprise inspections. The for-profit industry lobbies against them (with repeated success) every time we win them. Here is the history: globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
The #LTC homes industry has also pushed for the removal of regulations that require homes to have at least one Registered Nurse 24/7, advocated to hire untrained aides & other workers instead of being required to hire trained PSWs, pushed for less annual training requirements & >
The expansion of the Red Cross in Ontario's #LTC homes in crisis is welcome. BUT, heed the words of of Stéphane Parisien CAO of the region, responsible for Prescott Russell Residence,
“….it wasn't the panacea needed. "The Red Cross is not the cavalry...
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"There are quite a
number of limitations to what the Red Cross can do," he said. "They can help us with the
infectious protocols, but they don't provide the human resources to help us feed or
change residents." This is why we are saying if local hospitals cannot 2/7...
...provide the staff needed to help with daily hands-on care-- and we are worried that a number of arrangements with our heroic hospitals (props, truly) include only sporadic and inadequate staffing-- then we need another plan.