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Health Coalition Calls on Ford Government to Stop For-Profit Long-Term Care Chain Companies from Banning Essential Caregivers: COVID-19
February 08, 2021 15:31 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO and SUDBURY, Ontario, Feb. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition has been hearing from family members of loved ones in long-term care homes who are being stopped from...
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REPEAT -- MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Crisis
January 29, 2021 07:00 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the last week 207 residents and staff died as a result of COVID-19 in Ontario's long-term care homes. More than one person in Ontario's long-term care...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Crisis
January 28, 2021 16:29 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the last week 207 residents and staff died as a result of COVID-19 in Ontario's long-term care homes. More than one person in Ontario's long-term care...
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Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Crisis: 100 Organizations Send Clear Message to Premier Ford, This is an Emergency, We Need Action Now
January 22, 2021 17:10 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 100 organizations representing more than one million families of loved ones in long-term care, residents, care workers, health professionals, advocacy...
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REPEAT -- 100 Organizations & Families of Long-Term Care Person Join Press Conference Reacting to Ford Government's False Claims, Demand Immediate Action to Address the Crisis
January 22, 2021 07:00 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the number and scale of long-term care COVID-19 outbreaks grows, the Ford government has refused to address the dangerously low staffing levels and is...
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100 Organizations & Families of Long-Term Care Person Join Press Conference Reacting to Ford Government's False Claims, Demand Immediate Action to Address the Crisis
January 21, 2021 13:11 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the number and scale of long-term care COVID-19 outbreaks grows, the Ford government has refused to address the dangerously low staffing levels and is...
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Emergency: COVID-19 Crisis Situation In Ontario Requires Stronger Measures AND Stronger Supports for People Impacted, Today is Deadliest Day of Pandemic So Far
January 07, 2021 17:00 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today is the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, 89 people died in the last 24-hour period. By every measure the situation is critical, warns the Ontario...
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Health Coalition Disappointed with Ford Government’s Staffing Report Announcement: No Recruitment Drive Announced, Timelines for Staffing Improvements Mean Slight Improvements Year After Next
December 17, 2020 17:25 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As more and more long-term care homes fall into dire staffing crises, the Ontario Health Coalition expressed its anger and disappointment with the...
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MEDIA ADVISORY - Press Conference by Zoom: Survey of Front-Line Staff in Long-Term Care Homes About Why Large COVID-19 Outbreaks are Spreading Reveals Major Breakdowns in Infection Control, Care
December 17, 2020 15:42 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From mid-November to this week the Ontario Health Coalition has surveyed more than 80 staff in different long-term care homes with large outbreaks about...
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A Call to Conscience: New Report on the COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term Care in Wave 2 Reveals Huge Gaps in Ford Government’s Response
December 17, 2020 10:34 ET | Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the last 24 hours alone 18 residents have died and there have been 115 new reported COVID-19 infections in Ontario’s long-term care homes. The second...