HAMILTON, ON – Direct care staff with no pension and low wages employed at Amica Dundas, a Hamilton-area care home owned by the powerful Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) have taken the unprecedented step of appealing to the teachers’ fund board to help them achieve better working conditions. Responsible investing principles, such as social and…
HAMILTON, ON – Too many tragic stories about care quality and resident safety in long-term care homes, “should prompt the provincial government to urgent action to make a daily 4-hour resident care standard the law in Ontario,” say area direct care staff holding a noon rally tomorrow (Tuesday, July 25, 2017) at St. Joseph’s Villa…
NORTH BAY, ON — Improving care quality and safety for nearly 80,000 residents in long-term care homes requires the “political will and a non-partisan approach” by Ontario’s political parties to pass legislation that mandates a daily four hour resident care standard, said a resident family advocates and front line care staff, at a North Bay…
SUDBURY, ON — Following tragic stories coming from several Ontario long-term care homes this month, there’s a renewed scrutiny on resident care quality and safety and “urgency make a daily 4 hour resident care standard the law,” say advocates. On Thursday, November 24, 2016 care providers and residents’ family advocates are holding a media…
NORTH BAY, ON — Following tragic stories coming from several Ontario long-term care homes this month, there’s a renewed scrutiny on resident care quality and safety and “urgency make a daily 4 hour resident care standard the law,” say advocates. On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 care providers and residents’ family advocates are holding a…
North Bay, ON – Putting resident care quality first and keeping Cassellholme, the sole municipally-operated long-term care home in Nipissing in public hands, “is the best choice for the community. Kudos to the Cassellholme board for making the right decision to keep this valuable community asset public,” said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).…
HAMILTON, ON — No vulnerable long-term care residents should have to endure sitting in a soiled diaper or being left with no one to hold their hand at the end life, say St. Joseph’s Villa staff holding a rally on Tuesday (August 30, 2 p.m.– 3 p.m.) in support of legislation that would mandate a…
GRAVENHURST, ON – Residents at Muskoka Shores Nursing Home are not getting the level of care they need and the Wynne government continues to turn a blind eye, said staff from the home who held a rally and information barbeque at the Lion’s Pavilion in Gravenhurst on Wednesday. “Muskoka Shores provides only three personal support…
GRAVENHURST, ON – Staff at Muskoka Shores Nursing Home are set to hold a rally and pubic BBQ tomorrow at the Gravenhurst Lion’s Pavilion to increase pressure on the home to improve the quality of care that residents are receiving. “The people we care for are suffering,” says Cindy Seaton, President of CUPE local 2481…
TORONTO, ON (July 19, 2016) – Home care services of more than 1500 infirm and elderly, inner city patients provided by Toronto’s Neighbourhood Group are still in peril of coming to an end despite today’s announcement of additional sector-wide funding by the provincial government. Personal Support Workers from Neighbourhood Group provide home care to low…
