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Outbreaks at seniors’ homes linked to almost half of #COVID19 deaths in Canada, @CPHO_Canada says, as Ottawa introduces new guidelines, by @carlyweeks @jillsmahoney @l_stone @TuThanhHa https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-outbreaks-at-seniors-homes-linked-to-almost-half-of-covid-19-deaths/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links via @globeandmail #cdnhealth #LTC
'Care providers in many long-term care homes are underpaid, lack training and don’t have #PPE' - Seniors’ care-home neglect is our national shame, by @RonaAmbrose https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-seniors-care-home-neglect-is-our-national-shame/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links via @GlobeDebate #LTC #aging #cdnhealth #COVID19 #LTC
In some long-term care homes, even basic care needs are not being met. Ontario Premier Doug Ford reveals mother-in-law in Toronto care home with #COVID19 outbreak: "It breaks my heart." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/it-breaks-my-heart-doug-ford-s-mother-in-law-in-toronto-care-home-with-covid-19-outbreak-1.5531198?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar via @cbcnews #LTC
134 établissements pour personnes âgées sont touchés par la pandémie au Québec; 10 sont classées «rouge» avec plus du quart de leurs résidants infectés à la #COVID19 https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/14/01-5269231-dix-residences-classees-rouge.php via @lp_lapresse @kick1972
"Il y avait deux préposés aux bénéficiaires et une infirmière auxiliaire pour 130 résidants. Bien en deçà des ratios de jour, qui devraient être de 5 infirmières, de 22 préposés et de quelques infirmières auxiliaires" - Dre Nadine Larente https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/14/01-5269229-au-front-avec-la-famille.php par @kick1972
Un bilan bien plus lourd qu'annoncé à l'Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. 33 résidents sont morts de la #COVID19 à l' @IUGM (officiellement, il y a 5 décès), par @ThomasGerbet https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1693690/hecatombe-institut-geriatrie-montreal-deces-covid-chsld via @RadioCanadaInfo #COVID19
A series of grisly outbreaks at long-term care home push Canada's #COVID19 death rates past projections, by @stuartxthomson http://nationalpost.com/wcm/5825b60a-67e5-49a6-a384-d406ff9f4ad7 via @nationalpost #LTC
#COVID19 has exposed decades of elder neglect. Here’s how we can start to fix it, by Carol Goar https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2020/04/14/covid-19-has-exposed-decades-of-elder-neglect-heres-how-we-can-start-to-fix-it.html via @torontostar #LTC
Ontario to stop caregivers from working at multiple long-term care homes as #COVID19 spreads like 'wildfire'
(BC, AB, QC have similar rules) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-long-term-home-workers-will-not-be-permitted-to-work-at-multiple-facilities-1.5531920?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar via @cbcnews #LTC
(BC, AB, QC have similar rules) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-long-term-home-workers-will-not-be-permitted-to-work-at-multiple-facilities-1.5531920?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar via @cbcnews #LTC
