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August 19, 2022 15:03 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition: Doug Ford's new legislation being pushed through the Legislature gives new powers to force the elderly & persons with disabilities into substandard long-term care homes: "morally repugnant"

TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advocates and experts spoke with one voice today decrying the new law that the Ford government introduced yesterday and intends to pass within just two...
July 22, 2020 11:15 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

95% of Ontario Long-Term Care Staff Report Staffing Shortages Leaving Basic Care Needs Unmet: Health Coalition Releases Staffing Survey Calling for Ford Government to Take Action

Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, July 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Staff describe it as “heartbreaking”, “wrong” and “a far cry from what they deserve”. The Ontario Health Coalition released the...
July 21, 2020 15:31 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY: Survey Revealing Current Conditions in LTC Homes Across Ontario to be Released Tomorrow

TORONTO, July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A survey of more than 150 staff working in more than 75 long-term care homes across Ontario reveals how short-staffed the homes are, whether things are...