AdvantAge Ontario Welcomes Final Report from Ontario’s Independent Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission
April 30, 2021 22:24 ET | Source: AdvantAge Ontario AdvantAge Ontario Woodbridge, Ontario, CANADA
Toronto, ON, April 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) AdvantAge Ontario, the Association representing Ontario’s not-for-profit, municipal and charitable long-term care homes, welcomes today’s final report from Ontario’s Independent Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on seniors living in Ontario’s long-term care homes as well as the staff who care for them, and our hearts go out to all those who have been affected,” said Lisa Levin, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario. “Today’s final report provides important independent insights into the tragedy that transpired in long-term care, and what needs to occur to ensure this never happens again.”
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Long-term care in Ontario is losing staff to other industries that due to the pandemic are hiring health-care workers for infection prevention and testing supports, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the province’s homes said Tuesday.
Donna Duncan, the CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, said the staffing crisis in the province’s seniors homes is worsening.