NORTH BAY, ON – Repeated studies show that publicly run long-term care homes provide better quality of care for residents than either private not-for-profit or for-profit homes, the Cassellholme Board learned at their meeting today. “Multiple studies show that publicly run homes have fewer hospitalizations, lower death-rates and a lower use of anti-psychotic medications that…
NORTH BAY, ON – Quality of care for North Bay and area’s aging seniors is what’s at stake in the impending decision, by the Cassellholme Board, on how redevelopment of the long-term care home moves ahead, says Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, who’s in town Thursday to meet with the Board. “Decisions about how…
TORONTO, CHATHAM-KENT, ON – Maintaining long-term, top quality emergency medical response for the residents of Chatham-Kent must be the top priority for the Mayor and council, said Jeff Van Pelt, from the Ontario Paramedics Working Group, at an info picket today outside the Chatham-Kent Municipal Building. Organized by local paramedics, represented by the Service Employees…
NORTH BAY, ON — Residents in North Bay and east Nipissing firmly support their taxes going toward resident care at Cassellholme. But there is overwhelming opposition to divesting Cassellholme into a privately-run nursing home, according to an area-wide poll released today. Cassellholme is the only public, municipal home for nine east Nipissing municipalities. Behind the…
HAMILTON, ON — Hamilton residents are not on board with closing a hospital, anymore hospital service and patient care cuts or for that matter a new round of hospital bed closures, a poll released today found. Conducted earlier in May, the poll asked over 1200 Hamilton residents questions about area hospitals, which collectively service a…
Poll results released tomorrow (June 1) Hamilton, ON – Over 1200 Hamilton residents took part in a poll recently that measured residents’ attitudes toward their community hospitals, provincial funding for hospitals, hospital service and bed cuts and access to hospital care. Poll results will be released tomorrow June 1, 2016 at 11 a.m., outside Hamilton…
North Bay, ON — A survey of 814 North Bay and east Nipissing residents, testing attitudes about the role of municipalities in the provision of long-term care will be released on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 11 a.m. at 120 Lakeshore Drive, North Bay. Focused on Cassellholme Home for the Aged, the only public, municipal…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – In March the workers at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) for Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge (HKPR) reached and ratified their first collective agreement between the agency and Local 5258 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Workers hoped that by agreeing to a very modest settlement that they could…
Toronto, Ont. ─ Brampton Civic Hospital personal support worker Carolynne Haynes has been awarded Personal Support Worker of the Year by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU)/CUPE. A ceremony to present Carolynne with her award is scheduled for Personal Support Worker Day, Thursday, May 19 (2016) at 2 p.m. the Brampton Civic Hospital, North…
TORONTO, Ont. — Fewer deaths, increased patient satisfaction, fewer falls, fewer bed sores, shorter lengths of stay are all documented benefits of a diversified nursing team observed in recent studies. “Ignoring this research on positive patient outcomes, to promote a single occupation as was recently done by Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) offends the…
