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15.04.2021 / 21:18

COVID-19 pandemic ‘crashed’ Ontario nursing home staffing; operators say ‘crisis’ has only grown

long-term care has exacerbated what was already a critical staffing shortage before the COVID-19 onslaught, representatives of the sector said on Thursday.The critical lack of personnel, they said, makes it difficult to use the 6,000 empty nursing home beds as a safety valve for hospitals struggling with an influx of patients.

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Coronavirus: Ontario nursing homes losing staff to Amazon and film industry, association says

Ontario’s long-term care homes say they are losing staff to places like Amazon, airports and the film industry.The Ontario Long-Term Care Association says the staffing crisis is worsening now that other industries need people like infection prevention and control specialists.Staffing shortages have been cited to the province’s long-term care commission as one of the primary reasons COVID-19 had such devastating effects in nursing homes.

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One third of Ontario’s long-term care homes experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks

COVID-19 outbreaks, marking a new record for the province, as advocates say spread among staff has forced some facilities to seek new sources of support to care for residents.According to provincial data, 207 of the 626 long-term care homes in Ontario are currently experiencing outbreaks of the virus, including 19 new ones reported Sunday.The CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, which represents nearly 70 per cent of homes in the province, says the rising number of outbreaks is pushing the system to its limits.“We have to find a way to stem this,” Donna Duncan said by phone Sunday.

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What will Ontario’s long-term care system look like post-pandemic?

coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on obvious failures in long-term care in Ontario and across Canada, experts say change will require a re-imagining of the entire system in addition to ambitious and expensive reforms.Experts also say that without change, the system as it currently exists will only struggle further as it strains under an aging population.Over 38,000 people are already on a wait list for care, according to Ontario Long-Term Care Association CEO Donna Duncan, and the number of Ontarians over the age of 80 is expected to double within 13 years. A look at what has gone wrong in Ontario long-term care amid the coronavirus pandemic “We need legislation, absolutely.

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Can Ontario’s long-term care homes handle a 2nd wave?

Ontario Long Term Care Association CEO Donna Duncan shares her concerns surrounding the second wave of COVID-19, and how prepared LTC homes are to handle it.

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Some Ontario long-term care homes can’t get insurance, could be forced to close: association

COVID-19, a situation that could force some of them to close, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the province’s homes says.The Ontario Long-Term Care Association says its homes are being offered new policies without a key provision: coverage for infectious diseases, including COVID-19.The association has now turned to the federal government for help, saying potential claims could place a burden on the homes’ finances, and loans could be denied over the lack of coverage.“We’re operating in good faith trying to do the best we can, but we really do need help with this and we need help urgently,” said CEO Donna Duncan.

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‘We still have an acute staffing shortage,’ Ontario’s long-term care commission hears

pandemic, an independent commission has heard.A dearth of staff was one of the main reasons COVID-19 devastated nursing homes in the spring, the Ontario Long-Term Care Association told an independent commission investigating how the novel virus spread in the long-term care system.“We still have an acute staffing shortage,” said Donna Duncan, the CEO of the association that represents 70 per cent of long-term care homes in the province.The Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission’s inquiry isn’t open to the public, but transcripts of testimony are posted online days later.

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Coronavirus: Ontario long-term care head warns of ‘real urgency’ ahead of 2nd wave

long-term care homes is warning there is “real urgency” for the homes to address the issues exacerbated by the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic before a potential second wave hits.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Donna Duncan said the way that the pandemic tore through some long-term care homes made things the industry already knew were a problem much worse, and put a spotlight on what needs to be done to prevent a repeat.“Our issue is, what are the root causes that we actually have to be focused on right now? That is PPE, testing, looking at alternate accommodation,” said Duncan, CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association.“We need to get out ahead of that and make sure our homes are well supplied across

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Testing long-term care staff, seniors need to continue to prepare for next COVID-19 wave: Donna Duncan

Donna Duncan, CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, tells Mercedes Stephenson facilities need to be prepared for the next wave of COVID-19, which means continually testing staff and residents.

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Federal aid needed for long-term care homes before 2nd wave of COVID-19: advocates

The federal government must do more to help provinces prepare long-term care homes for the next wave of COVID-19, the Ontario Long Term Care Association says.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Restricted access to long-term care homes should have come earlier: Duncan

Donna Duncan, CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, tells Mercedes Stephenson there was a lot of tension with families who resisted restricting access to long-term care homes and this delayed closing those doors to outsiders.

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