Difficult transition
While transitioning long-term care to the public sector may be a worthwhile goal, Sinha says that it s not a straightforward process.
Sixty per cent of long-term care facilities in Ontario are privately owned, but many publicly-owned homes are run by private companies. Some not-for-profit homes also rely on private companies to provide services, including laundry.
With more than 600 total long-term care facilities in the province, Sinha says it would be impossible to fully transition those run by private companies to provincial or municipal control. Simply saying, Let s just get rid of for profits sure, we could look at that, but there s not necessarily any municipalities around, or an entire system, that could be taken over that way just that immediately, Sinha said.
Ontario s top doctor and ministers to appear before commission investigating COVID-19 spread in LTC homes
by News Staff
A long-term care home. (Photo by Jonas Güttler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The province’s top doctor and ministers of health and long-term care will appear before a commission examining how COVID-19 spread through long-term care homes.
The offices for both Health Minister Christine Elliott and Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton say they’ll be interviewed by the commission in the coming weeks.
A spokesperson for the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, says he too, will appear before the commission, but a date has not yet been set.
Provincial inspection shows Roberta Place LTC home failed to ensure residents were isolated
by Michael Ranger
Last Updated Jan 26, 2021 at 9:28 am EDT
Workers arrive at the Roberta Place Long Term Care home in Barrie, Ont. on Monday, January 18, 2021. The home has seen an outbreak of COVID-19 among staff and residents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
A recent inspection report suggests that a Barrie long-term care home currently experiencing a significant COVID-19 outbreak failed to ensure that the home was safe for residents.
The
report from the Ministry of Long-Term Care is dated Jan. 18, and says that inspectors found the Roberta Place home to be non-compliant with certain directives surrounding keeping infected residents isolated from non-infected residents.