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Dr.VivianS
@DrVivianS
Professor, LTC Researcher/Advocate 📌 https://t.co/z9wpa9yTSH Opinions are my own.
Jul 22, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 (1/10). When we first resumed in-person again at my Uni, I vividly remember a chat with a student who approached me after class. We had just finished a lecture on the origins of the MMR-Autism myth which then spilled over to a chat on the current covid 💉conspiracies/myths…. 🧵 (2/10). He told me how his parents went down the online covid-conspiracy rabbit hole and had become “radicalized”. I remember being struck with how apt the word was to explain what had/was happening to so many folks during the pandemic.
Jun 16, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
When people show you who they are, believe them (and yes, our media should be pushing him more on his well-documented and often deeply troubling takes/views yet they've largely given him a pass).
A good read by @richardwarnica 👇
thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @TorontoStar Glad to see you interviewed for this, @AmarAmarasingam.
Jun 15, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
👇🏻 If you still follow him, you need to do some self-reflection. He’s not the only covid “influencer” who came out of nowhere and demonstrated a clear pattern of incredibly toxic, often abusive behaviour. There are others still here with large platforms doing daily damage, too. A rising number of online 🦠 “influencers” (speaking broadly here as a general type) have learned that displaying a rage-farming, polarizing presence gets them likes/followers (which is a sad indictment on our society, fyi) so pay attention when you see this behaviour & avoid it.
Jun 14, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I vividly remember being out one night about 15 yrs ago for a high school reunion of sorts & we were chatting about something I was fighting for at the time (because yes, I've always been this way lol) and I will never forget what one of the girls said to me..... I had just finished chatting about a cause and she very casually said to me (having no realization how much this was to mean to me): "If I ever have a daughter, I want her to be like you. You're kind & care so much about people but you're tough, and you don't take💩 from anyone".
Mar 14, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🧵1/5. Because I studied this in my PhD., I shall expand on this for anyone who has yet to see the clear pattern here. This is all the result of the ONGOING REFUSAL TO ENUMARATE WOMEN'S WORK.

You all see that, right? 2/5
LTC. same problem.
NURSING. same problem.
CHILDCARE. same problem.

ALL OF THESE JOBS INVOLVE REPRODUCTIVE LABOUR THAT WAS ONCE CARRIED OUT FOR FREE, IN PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS BY WOMEN (when we weren't granted the ability to compete in the paid labour market).
Mar 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
🧵So I've spoken to the family discussed in this post and it's worth explaining the terrible end of life predicaments some #LTC families are dealing with.

So this sweet resident was sent to ER with a life-threatening condition that was deemed palliative by attending hospital MD. The family, who have had TERRIBLE experiences with their #ForProfit #LTC do not want their loved one to be sent back to that LTC to die in more neglect (obviously). They want them in a hospital, preferably in a palliative care wing where they can have better care provisioning.
Aug 27, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Previously, ALC patients chose 5 PREFERRED #LTC homes they would go to. Bill 7 works to enable a situation I describe below, where our most vulnerable can be charged US-style hospital fees for merely waiting for a safe and appropriate #LTC facility.

It is downright cruel. Before, you couldn't be forced to pay the UNINSURED hospital rate if you turned down an LTC that was not among your top 5.

Now, they're enabling hospitals to "continue the conversation" by effectively threatening to bankrupt them if they don't take the first bed available.
Aug 27, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
One of your homes is now being placed under a MANDATORY MANAGEMENT ORDER (not the first time) for a LITANY of noncompliance's.
Here is that report for @CaressantL on McLaughlin Road in Lindsay. Why don't we start here?
Full report: publicreporting.ltchomes.net/en-ca/File.asp… While we are at it @CaressantL, I sat in on a family council meeting for this home LAST NIGHT (I was invited and introduced myself and spoke to your management).

Let me tell you DIRECTLY that I was NONE TO IMPRESSED with the lack of urgency I took away from that meeting.
Aug 25, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Sorry but no. This will lead to more WOMEN leaving the paid workforce which then renders them financially unstable for their future.

NO NO NO @drmwarner. How about just FIX #LTC?!
Aug 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
RE: This article.
Nobody is arguing against paying the 62.00/day. What we are arguing against are the upwards of 1,800 DAILY RATES they can now be charged to ALC Patients. thestar.com/politics/provi… via @TorontoStar APART FROM THE REPUGNANT AND WHOLLY DISCRIMINATORY REMOVAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONSENT, this is our VALID CONCERN:

"...the prospect of elderly patients being charged the full daily uninsured rate for a hospital bed — which can be as much as $1,500 or more"
Jan 13, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Another day later.
➖290 #LTCs in outbreak
➖1,739 residents + 3,254 sick staff
➖TEN MORE RESIDENTS DIED @RodPhillips01. ‼️TEN‼️ Image A snapshot. Hellenic Home Scarborough and Hillsdale not doing well at all.

Hellenic Scarborough = 9 residents + 30 staff sick (21 total resident deaths)

Hillsdale Oshawa = 9 residents + 33 staff sick (13 total resident deaths) Image
Jan 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Hey @extendicare. I’m hearing your St.Catharine’s location is going on 23 days in a row of residents being isolated to their rooms. Can you confirm❓Families are contacting me saying the residents are losing their will to live. It’s very upsetting for them! FMI (this is a different home but one that is also managed by Extendicare).
ctvnews.ca/health/coronav…
Jan 7, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Tune into @CP24 to hear @RodPhillips01 talk at 3:30pm. Here we go: He is being DIRECTLY ASKED ABOUT OUR PRESSER this morning.

His reply: There are 208 LTCs in outbreak. He says @AndreaHorwath is being irresponsible wanting to expose residents to virus?? (huh??)

He says: 3rd doses are now mandated (but not until Jan 28)
Dec 28, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Ps. I was warning this government that #Omicron was becoming an issue for #LTC back in early December. There were 7 outbreaks by Dec 07 but the rate of growth was clear. I continued to track it ⬆️ over the last 3 weeks. They should’ve listened and acted sooner.
Dec 28, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
REMINDER: I've been calling for #BOOSTERS for #LTC for 2+ weeks now. Had they listened + acted faster, we could've completed boosters in LTC by now. Instead, only 84% of residents + 43% of staff have boosters and no word on that # for essential caregivers. #Reactive #Omicron Case in point: My warnings from DECEMBER 13 (2+ weeks ago).
Dec 28, 2021 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
🧵 So we’re learning 41 #LTC homes are in outbreak & general visits are being halted. Essential caregivers STILL allowed in (good!). They’ve increased boosters among staff + residents BUT only meagrely & the figures are still too low! (84% residents & 43% of staff have boosters). STILL NO MANDATE FOR N95 USE AT ALL TIMES (only when caring for covid+ residents) & STILL NO TALK OF AIR QUALITY UPGRADES OR SURGE STAFFING PLAN.

This plan focuses on 💉’s & still falls short. Why aren’t mobile clinics being sent to #LTCs to expedite boosters @RodPhillips01⁉️
Dec 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
I would also like to point out that the new LTC Act (Bill 37) DOES NOTHING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. We asked for clear legal rights for essential family caregivers and residents to never be separated again @RodPhillips01 but received none. It’s in these moments I think of all the LTC families I’ve grown very protective of….like @hollyhoneyburke @samanthalburke who were forcibly separated from their mother in #LTC….like @JoAnneBeggsRSW who was forcibly separated from BOTH her parents (one of which passed alone).
Dec 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Many homes face short-staffing because there are NO STAFFING STANDARDS IN PLACE OR PROPER LABOUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORKERS, thus retention remains an issue even for “good” not for profits (less of an issue w/ municipal homes because they have better work contracts & retention). RECAP: There are 3 types of LTC ownership:
➖Private, For Profit (🙅🏼‍♀️)
➖Private, Not For Profit (many culturally specific homes fall under this umbrella)
➖Municipal (which have the BEST resident & staffing outcomes yet comprise the LOWEST share of our Ontarian LTC sector 🤯).
Nov 30, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
I'll be on @CityNewsTO @ 6pm talking w/ @MaleehaCity about the @fordnation currently doling out 30 year contracts to #ForProfit LTC operators with terrible records. Tendercare & Orchard Villa are 2 such homes currently up for renewal - 2 homes w/ the WORST #COVID19 death rates. Some statistics recently released by @OntarioHealthC:
➖@fordnation gov't is midway through allocating 30,436 beds
➖Majority of these (16,304) are in process of being allocated to #ForProfit providers.
➖Of those, 12,084 have gone to 10 large chain companies w/ horrid records
Jun 22, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
As you should. 15 months was WASTED under @DrFullertonMPP. We need change now (actually yesterday but I’ll accept now). #LTC Let’s remember: We have MORE then enough evidence. We just need the political will to ACT on said evidence.
REQUIRED NOW:
1. 4hr min. care standard.
2. Permanent wage increases to be on par w/ acute care.
3. Reinstate RQIs (2 per year IMO)
Jun 20, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Tell me again how much you “fixed” things on your watch @DrFullertonMPP ⁉️
ps. @SouthbridgeLTC: I’m also hearing reports that Miss TikTok herself works at a @SouthbridgeLTC home and that the home was aware of her videos for some time. Care to verify❓ ICYMI: chch.com/tiktok-videos-…
(You can also peruse my twitter ‘media’ tab for said videos and posts shared by @OntarioPSWAssoc)