Priority measures for Ontario’s long-term care homes

By MPP  Toby Barrett

Since COVID-19 emerged, I have received hundreds of calls and emails about long-term care homes and have been passing these concerns to Ontario’s Long-Term Care Minister Marilee Fullerton, Minister of Health Christine Elliott, and Seniors’ Minister Raymond Cho.

This pandemic has hit long-term care homes across Ontario, and across the world, hard.  Every region and every ownership type and model have been impacted.

Our government’s top priority is Ontarians’ health and well-being, especially our most vulnerable. We have invested $1.38 billion to ensure our long-term care homes and health care partners have what they need.

Addressing urgent staff shortages 

With our health care partners, we have addressed staff shortages in long-term care by enabling staff deployment and the use of infection prevention and control teams.