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Budget promises more than $3B for seniors and long-term-care improvements By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 19, 2021 4:55pm The federal budget includes more money for seniors and funds to increase the standard of care at long-term care facilities.
The federal government is pledging more than $3 billion to help seniors.
After tabling her first budget as Finance minister on Monday, Chrystia Freeland apologized in the House of Commons for failing the residents of Canada’s long-term-care facilities.
“To them, and to their families, let me say this: I am so sorry,” Freeland said. “We owe you so much better than this.”
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When we last checked in with community health nurse Susan Cuperfain, none of her homebound patients had been vaccinated.
That was during the third week of March.
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Despite all the talk of vaccine clinics and the rhetoric about reaching out to vulnerable people, the visiting community nurse said Friday–nearly a month later that other than one patient, none of her caseload has been vaccinated at home so far.
That patient, she says, was scheduled this past Thursday for the EMS pilot program a program that sends paramedics into homes to give the shots.
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Canada’s most populous province is limiting outdoor gatherings to those in the same household and will close playgrounds and golf courses amid a record wave of coronavirus infections fueled by variants, Ontario’s premier announced Friday. The decision sparked widespread condemnation in a province already on lockdown.
Police in Ontario will have the authority to require any individual not at home to provide a reason that they’re out and provide their address. Tickets can be written.
“Law enforcement now has the ability to ask anyone outside their residence, including motorists, to indicate their purpose for leaving home and provide their address,” the Ontario Provincial Police tweeted.