Pickering Councillors: Submission to Long-Term Care Ontario

A synopsis of the Brenner-McLean submission on Long Term Care Ontario

Covering letter

• Thank you to Pickering residents for their commitment of support
  
• Declaration of submission of their motion to Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission

The submission

1. A description that the situation in long-term-care facilities is worsening due to:
   

• Neglect
• Underfunding
• Overcrowding
• impact of COVID-19 pandemic
  
  

2. Call for immediate measurable action and changes by Ontario long-term care facilities.
   
   
3. Recommendations submitted to Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission:

• immediately reinstate the mandatory inspection regime
• mandatory public reporting of all long-term care facilities,
• focus on infections, medical supply and long-term care staff availability,
• appropriate access to local hospitalization and specialized care
• immediate emergency funds to hire additional full-time long-term care staff and raise the wages for all long-term care workers
• an emergency rapid response task force
• establishment of Government of Canada and Province of Ontario Ombuds to receive and review all complaints and investigations
• Clerk, on behalf of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering, forward this resolution in advance of the January 31, 2021 deadline to Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission

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