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During a heat wave in July 2020, Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised to "rapidly" mandate air conditioning in all long-term care homes, including residents' rooms. Nearly a year later, the province still hasn't done that.
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More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed death and despair into Ontario s long-term care homes, the situation is gradually improving.
But there is still a crisis looming for the future of long-term care in the province. That crisis? Not having enough staff.
That was one of the issues defined today by Donna Duncan, CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association (OLTCA). She hosted an online technical media briefing Thursday to discuss capacity issues and partnerships with hospitals.
Duncan noted that on May 19, Ontario was a much different place especially when it came to the situation in long-term care homes.
Posted: May 02, 2021 8:40 AM ET | Last Updated: May 2
Medical transport staff arrive at Villa Leonardo Gambin, in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 5, 2021. Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities have poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The spotlight on Ontario s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.