Resident isolation, staffing remain significant concerns in Ontario long-term care centres
Ontario s commission on how and why COVID-19 ravaged long-term care homes is expected to deliver its report today. But those watching the system say not enough has changed as a result of the pandemic, and residents are paying the price of isolation that may now be doing more harm than good.
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Ontario s commission on why COVID-19 ravaged long-term care homes is expected to deliver its report Friday
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 30
John Asboth, 99, lives in a Toronto-based long-term care centre and hasn t been outside since September due to COVID-19 isolation rules, his daughter says. Those are policies that may now be doing more harm than good and should be reviewed, experts say.(Submitted by Joni Asboth)
Posted: Apr 26, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 26
Lori Hildebrandt and her dad, Rudy Pankratz, 86, enjoy a sunny day outside his Winnipeg nursing home last summer. Hildebrandt says she s hardly seen her father since the COVID-19 pandemic hit because visiting hours have been reduced at Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home.(Submitted by Lori Hildebrandt)
People living in personal care homes have seen a reduction in quality of life since the pandemic hit. Programming has been cancelled and now families say they aren t able to visit loved ones as often as they would like.
The vast majority of personal care homes (PCHs) in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority surveyed by CBC 14 out of 15 have reduced visiting hours since the pandemic hit.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 21, 2021 6:17pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) and U.S. President Joe Biden during their first bilateral meeting (Photo via Twitter/@JustinTrudeau)
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We begin with a shot in the arm, of sorts. With the AstraZeneca vaccine a hot commodity among GenXers who are now eligible to receive it, doses are quickly dwindling in pharmacies. On the heels of word on Tuesday there could be delays in Ontario’s next two shipments, there was good news Wednesday from south of the border. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the horn with President Joe Biden, who said there may be jabs to spare before long.
Opposition dismisses $3-billion budget promise for long-term care By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 21, 2021 5:46pm Kensington Gardens, a nursing home in Toronto, pictured in February (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star)
The federal government’s promise in Monday’s budget to invest $3 billion over five years in long-term care is “a pittance that was not worth talking about,” Quebec Conservative MP Richard Martel said Tuesday during question period.
Similar comments were made Wednesday by opposition MPs, who asked the government why it chose to dole out money to improve long-term-care (LTC) facilities, but not to meet the requests of provinces and territories for more health transfer payments.
Restaurants to Close by 6 PM Every Evening from Today, Takeaways to be Allowed
Restaurants operating inside hotels would continue to function as they would also have to cater to hotel residents
| 20 April 2021 12:54 PM GMT
GUWAHATI: In a decision that might bring back bad memories of COVID phase 1 for the restaurateurs and people in the restaurant business, the Assam government on Tuesday said that restaurants will have to close down by 6 PM every evening starting today as a preventive measure to fight COVID.
Briefing the media about the new COVID guidelines issued by the state government today following directions from the Union Home Ministry, Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said, All restaurants which are not in hotels will have to close down by 6 PM. Though we have said that these restaurants will have to remain shut for the next 10 days, we will review the situation in the next three days .