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MPP visits Garden Terrace, hands out awards, discusses Better Seniors’ Care campaign
Kanata-Carleton MPP Merrilee Fullerton was at Garden Terrace Nov. 8 to show her support for the Ottawa-area long-term care home, to assist handing out Circle of Radiance awards and to participate in the launch of the Better Seniors’ Care letter-writing campaign at the home.
Manitoulin Lodge seeks support from residents on letter-writing campaign
The Manitoulin Lodge Nursing Home in Gore Bay is hoping that support will be provided by area residents to help its letter-writing campaign to the government.
Bowmanville long-term care residents, families and staff call for better seniors care
Glen Hill Strathaven holds a party for campaign for better long-term care across Ontario
Long-term care advocate introduces plan to tackle hallway medicine
Today, the Ontario Long Term Care Association revealed its plan to assist with the province’s goal of ending hallway medicine, by reducing wait times and improving care for seniors living in long-term care homes.
Avalon Care Centre coping with ‘skyrocketing’ dementia cases
With the average life expectancy increasing, Canada has more senior citizens than ever before, and along with this increase comes a need for improvements in long-term care facilities. In areas with a growing population like Orangeville, this means more people than ever put pressure on those facilities to keep up with a growing demand for
Manitoulin Lodge asks community to participate in provincial advocacy letter writing campaign
ORE BAY—The Manitoulin Lodge Nursing Home in Gore Bay is hoping that members of the local community will take part in the Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA) advocacy program calling for immediate investments by the province to, among other things, add more beds and hire more front-line staff in Ontario long term care homes.
Long-term care advocate calls for immediate investments to add more beds and hire more front-line staff in Ontario homes
Toronto – October 25, 2017 – More beds, modernized homes, and more staff are needed if Ontario is going to keep up with the growing needs of seniors, says the Ontario Long Term Care Association. Unveiling its 2018 Budget and Pre-Election report at a speech in Toronto, the Association pointed to the growing needs of
CLAC Endorses OLTCA’s Better Seniors’ Care Campaign
Toronto—CLAC strongly endorses the Ontario Long Term Care Association’s (OLTCA) Better Seniors’ Care campaign, outlined by Candace Chartier, the association’s CEO, during an address today at a luncheon held by the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto. The OLTCA’s campaign focuses on three key initiatives that it is asking the Ontario government to undertake. 1.