tiffer24
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Over the last 14 days, case counts in Ontario have gone up an average of 3.895 per cent each day but over the last three days it is closer to six per cent.
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Hospitals are not nationalized, why should LTC? What needs to happen is legislation to put LTC residences on the same level as hospitals, that means non-profit, funded by the State. But what about those who want the finer style of retirement living and have the dollars to pay? We can't eliminate for-profit retirement residences, so any LTC legislation needs to differentiate from those.
Over the last 14 days, case counts in Ontario have went up an average of 3.895 per cent each day but over the last three days it is closer to six per cent.
That is horrifying. Ontario is headed in a doom spiral! 3000 to 6000 COVID cases per day if the Ford Gov continues to do nothing by mid-December
I am not saying hospitals shouldn't be nationalized, actually, but I suppose non-profit LTC residences would be preferable to the current situation. As far as the quality of care is concerned, I want it to be equal for everyone. I'm talking about nursing homes, not retirement homes.
It would also be desirable to open long-term care homes for people who require less intensive care but who can no longer live in the community. In Québec, they have what they call intermediate resources, for people with a light or moderate loss of autonomy. They are privately-owned and on contract with the government. My mother lives in one of those; they are smaller, more home-like and less "institutional" residences, where she has a private room. It is staffed with PSWs and a registered practical nurse; a social worker and a nutritionist from the local health services agency monitor her condition and the services she receives, and a doctor does house calls. Those people contact me regularly with updates. Intermediate resources are heavily subsidized; my mother pays the maximum fee of about $1,300/month. I don't believe there is anything equivalent to those in Ontario.
There is a difference from what I can tell. If you look at the Toronto supportive housing program, people must be older and have a higher level of autonomy. In intermediate resources, all meals and snacks, maintenance, laundry, and medication management/purchasing are taken care of, and there is no age limitation.We do - it's called supportive housing.
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There is a difference from what I can tell. If you look at the Toronto supportive housing program, people must be older and have a higher level of autonomy. In intermediate resources, all meals and snacks, maintenance, laundry, and medication management/purchasing are taken care of, and there is no age limitation.
For the anti-maskers, anti lock-downers praising Sweden.
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Swedish surge in Covid cases dashes immunity hopes
Country has opted for light-touch, anti-lockdown approach since start of pandemicwww.theguardian.com
“We consider the situation extremely serious,” the director of health and medical care services for Stockholm, Björn Eriksson, told the state broadcaster SVT this week. “We can expect noticeably more people needing hospital care over the coming weeks.”
Ontario is reporting another 1,396 new cases Fri. The 7-day avg. is56 to a new high of 1,355 cases/day or 65 cases weekly per 100,000. 19 deaths brings that 7-day avg to a 2nd-wave high of 14.7/day. There are 106 active ICU cases, the data says.
Eligibility for supportive housing programs differs between the agencies - and the range of services provided can depend on the client's level of autonomy as well (though my understanding is that they generally do not do heavy meal prep).
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