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Workers at one of Toronto’s largest nursing homes speak out on ‘chronic’ staffing shortages and ‘toxic’ work environments

Kenyon Wallace

7 days ago1 min read

Workers at one of Toronto’s largest nursing homes speak out on ‘chronic’ staffing shortages and ‘toxic’ work environments

The City of Toronto says it “does not tolerate discrimination or harassment” at any of its long-term-care homes. Oct. 22, 2024 Workers...

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Ontario Advocacy Consortium

Jul 152 min read

Nursing Home Closures in Toronto

“They aren’t nursing ‘homes’, they are institutions. They aren’t long-term ‘care’ facilities, they are institutions. End the...

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Ontario moved 424 people into nursing homes they didn't choose

Allison Jones

Jun 122 min read

Ontario moved 424 people into nursing homes they didn't choose

Province says system is working as it should Liam Casey and Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 12, 2024 1:25 PM EDT | Last...

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Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC

Deb Boekestein

May 41 min read

Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC

I am on every crisis list to get out of this nursing home, even willing to move away from family for proper care. May 4, 2024 Deb...

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Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes

Ontario Nurses' Association

May 12 min read

Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes

Media Statement: Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes For-profit Extendicare CEO keynote...

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Ontario edging toward American health care model — health coalition

Stu Campaigne

Apr 302 min read

Ontario edging toward American health care model — health coalition

Ontario Health Coalition plans a May 30 protest. 'We're very close. If people don't care about their health care it's going to happen and...

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Ontario Nurses' Association

Apr 91 min read

Care Not Profit

On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...

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"Confused and isolated in a setting where they do not speak the language."

Allison Jones

Apr 51 min read

"Confused and isolated in a setting where they do not speak the language."

Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules Bill 7 allows people to be placed in a long-term-care home not of...

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Seven people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government

Liam Casey

Apr 51 min read

Seven people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government

Seven people fined for refusing Ont LTC transfers TORONTO - Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a...

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Inspection reports reveal further details on allegedly fraudulent LTC worker

Joanna Petropoulos

Mar 112 min read

Inspection reports reveal further details on allegedly fraudulent LTC worker

Modified date: March 11, 2024, 11:41 am First Published: March 9, 2024, 8:00 pm Questions are swirling as to how a 29-year-old...

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I’m not letting this one go anytime soon, Stan Cho.

Vivian Stamatopoulos

Mar 111 min read

I’m not letting this one go anytime soon, Stan Cho.

Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos responds to the news story Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police. This...

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Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police

Brooklyn Connolly

Mar 111 min read

Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police

Published March 8, 2024 A 29-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly posing as a qualified nurse to obtain...

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Michael Wolfson

Mar 82 min read

Accountability in long-term care

Without concerted action, problems in long-term care will continue to fester, and indeed grow with Canada’s aging population. Thursday,...

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A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care

Les Whittington

Feb 291 min read

A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care

Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize...

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Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care

John Paul Tasker

Feb 291 min read

Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care

OurCare Initiative finds primary care is the top concern as 6 million people go without a family doctor CBC News · Posted: Feb 27, 2024 A...

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DurhamRadioNews.com

Feb 181 min read

Stop Orchard Villa's Licence Renewal

Health advocates asking judge to quash licence renewal for Pickering’s Orchard Villa February 13, 2024 Advocates and family members are...

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An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting

Isaac Callan

Feb 151 min read

An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting

Posted February 9, 2024 Eighty-five-year-old Dianna Ayotte says she doesn’t think she’ll still be around when Sioux Lookout, Ont., is...

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Experts say Canada's health-care system isn't ready for an aging population – here's why

Jennifer Ferreira

Dec 18, 20231 min read

Experts say Canada's health-care system isn't ready for an aging population – here's why

2023-12-18 from ctvnews.ca Sandy Marsh has been nursing a knee injury for eight months, suffering from a torn meniscus and Baker’s cyst....

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