October 8 Day of Action on Long-Term Care in Ontario
Support the Demands for Immediate Improvement of Conditions
Action by long-term care workers, July 3, 2020.
The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) together with frontline care and
elder care advocacy organizations are holding a Day of Action on
Long-Term Care in Ontario on October 8 at 11:00. Seventeen cities have
announced events as of September 30. With close to 2,000 deaths of
residents and staff in Ontario long-term care facilities since
April, a second wave officially underway and precious little done to
remedy the conditions that claimed the lives of so many, Workers' Forum calls on everyone to go all out in support of the OHC's demands for immediate action.
The OHC is calling for immediate action by the Ford government to
recruit and train staff, improve pay and working conditions and provide
full-time work and to implement a minimum care standard of four hours
of hands-on care per resident per day. These are all critical demands
for the care of patients and well-being of caregivers.
In keeping with current public health restriction of a maximum of 25
people for outdoor gatherings, the Day of Action will take the form of
motorcades and press conferences. Participants are asked to be in
their cars and make themselves visible by affixing signs and decorating
your car (safely) with messages about the need to improve
long-term care and make it public.
People are asked to contact their local health coalition to confirm
attendance. More events are being organized every day. Visit the Ontario Health Coalition website for updates.
To see the up-to-date list of sponsoring organizations and endorses, click here.
This article was published in
Number 66 - October 1, 2020
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