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Knollcrest Lodge staff and residents honoured as Milverton's 2021 Citizens of the Year
The Beacon Herald, November 26, 2021
Galen Simmons
More than three months after staff and residents of Knollcrest Lodge were named the winners of the Milverton Business Association’s 2021 Pillars of the Community Award – effectively making them this year’s citizens of the year for the Perth East town – the Milverton long-term-care home’s CEO was finally able to accept the award in person Friday afternoon.
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Ontarians have a clear preference for not-for-profit long-term care. Let’s act on it
Toronto Star, October 18, 2021
Lisa Levin, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario
As COVID-19’s deadly toll subsides, we cannot afford to take our eyes off Ontario’s long-term-care sector.
That’s because the provincial government, led by Long-Term Care Minister Rod Phillips, has indicated it is setting out on a large-scale transformation. This will be the first time government has opened up its long-term-care legislation in more than a decade.
We are at a crossroads.
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Major Canadian survey calls for new national long-term-care standards featuring emotion-based care
Toronto Start, October 8, 2021
Moira Welsh
New national long-term-care standards must create homes staffed by “caring, compassionate and competent” workers focused on injecting life into residents’ final years, a survey of 16,000 Canadians overwhelmingly concluded.
Results of the survey released Friday by the Health Standards Organization — with 70 per cent of respondents from Ontario — called for “emotion-based care that emphasizes social connection (rather than the completion of tasks).”
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Ontario to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for long-term care staff by Nov. 15
Globe and Mail, October 1, 2021
Laura Stone
Ontario will make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory by Nov. 15 for all staff working directly in long-term care homes, and will not make exceptions for workers who prefer to be regularly tested for infection instead, Premier Doug Ford’s government announced on Friday.
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With new legislation coming, will Ontario take the ‘bold’ road and breathe life into long-term care?
Toronto Star, October 4, 2021
Moira Welsh
As the Ontario government opens long-term care legislation for the first time in more than a decade, the province’s not-for-profit nursing homes say the entire system is on the “brink of collapse.”
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Ontario LTCs brought in entry-level assistants during the pandemic. Will they play a role in nursing homes’ future?
Toronto Star, October 14, 2021
Moira Welsh
As nursing homes prepare for the end of pandemic emergency orders, operators want a permanent role for new, low-paid workers.
But advocates like CUPE Ontario’s Candace Rennick question the use of inexperienced staff with vulnerable residents, saying it is a “very sad policy choice.”