TORONTO An Ontario nurse who worked at a long-term care home in Mississauga has died after contracting COVID-19. SEIU Healthcare, a union representing more than 60,000 front-line health-care workers in the province, confirmed the death of 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley on Wednesday. Ambersley spent the last 16 years as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), the union said, and was recently employed at Extendicare Mississauga. “Maureen represented everything good about what it means to serve your community,” SEIU President Sharleen Stewart said in a statement. “For her last birthday she encouraged friends to make donations to SickKids Hospital Foundation. Maureen dedicated her working life to caring for our most vulnerable as a nurse in long-term care.”
Last Updated Wednesday, January 6, 2021 1:13PM EST An Ontario nurse who worked at a long-term care home in Mississauga has died after contracting COVID-19. SEIU Healthcare, a union representing more than 60,000 front-line health-care workers in the province, confirmed the death of 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley on Wednesday. Ambersley spent the last 16 years as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), the union said, and was recently employed at Extendicare Mississauga. “Maureen represented everything good about what it means to serve your community,” SEIU President Sharleen Stewart said in a statement. “For her last birthday she encouraged friends to make donations to SickKids Hospital Foundation. Maureen dedicated her working life to caring for our most vulnerable as a nurse in long-term care.”
Healthcare union file application on behalf of LTC staff citing discrimination based on gender, skin colour
by Lucas Casaletto
Posted Jan 6, 2021 1:30 pm EDT
A resident chats with workers at Orchard Villa Long-Term Care in Pickering, Ontario on Monday June 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
SEIU Healthcare says it has filed an application with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of workers at Responsive Group’s Rykka Care Centres citing discrimination based on gender and skin colour.
Responsive Group currently operates 14 long term care homes and 18 retirement communities in Ontario.
The SEIU, which represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario, says the complaint is calling for better working conditions as well as orders to replace the management at the Rykka Care Centres.
Nurse at long-term care home in Mississauga dies after contracting COVID-19
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 5:40 pm EDT
Maureen Ambersley (CNW Group/SEIU Healthcare) SEIU healthcare
SEIU Healthcare, a union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario, announced on Wednesday a nurse who worked at a long-term care home in Mississauga died after contracting COVID-19.
SEIU confirmed the death of 57-year-old Maureen Ambersley, a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), who worked at the Extendicare nursing home in Mississauga.
The healthcare union said Ambersley leaves behind her parents and two children, calling her “a dedicated union steward and an exemplary RPN for over 16 years.”