Letter to Minister Calandra
Concerned Friends implores the Minister of Long-Term Care to reinstate vaccine requirements and to continue and enhance mask mandates in long-term care. Click here to see the letter.
Submission on Fixing the Long-Term Care Act
Concerned Friends submitted comments and recommendations on the proposed Phase 1 Regulations under the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021. For a copy of Concerned Friends submission click here. Our 26 recommendations fall under the following key areas. Accountability, Enforcement, and Transparency Definition of Not-for-Profit Homes Diversity …
2022 Provincial Budget Consultations Submission
Concerned Friends participated in the 2022 Budget Consultations with a submission that outlined recommendations for bringing Ontario long-term care homes to an acceptable standard. Click here to see the submission. Our submission focused on three key areas: Increase Accountability and Enforcement Advance Quality and Safety …
Letter to Minister Phillips
Concerned Friends sends the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Rod Phillips, a Call to Action to address the Omicron crisis in LTC homes. Click here to see the letter.
Submission on Bill 37
Concerned Friends made a submission to the Ontario Regulatory Registry and the Standing Committee on Bill 37, Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021. For a copy of Concerned Friends submission click here. Our 33 recommendations fall under the following key areas. …
Letter to PM Trudeau to Transform LTC
Concerned Friends sends Prime Minister Trudeau our recommendations to transform long-term care with key areas identified; Canada’s history of underfunding in LTC; the current health human resources shortage in LTC; the establishment of national quality standards and requirements for LTC homes to ensure the safety …
Letter to Minister Phillips Calling for Mandatory Vaccination
Concerned Friends sends the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care a Call to Action for all persons providing services or conducting activities in a long-term care facility to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to protect residents and staff in long-term care homes. We are seeking …
Open Letter to the Premier for a Call to Action
Concerned Friends sends the Premier and Ministers of Health and Long-Term Care a Call to Action in five key areas; Staffing, Annual Resident Quality Inspections, Advisory Group, Infection Control and National Standards. “We stand united with the many groups including doctors voicing outrage over the …
Ontario Health Coalition 100 Organizations Strong
Concerned Friends was one of the 100 organizations that participated in the Ontario Health Coalition’s Zoom Press Conference on January 22 representing more than one million families of loved ones in long-term care, residents, care workers, health professionals, advocacy groups, seniors’ groups and community groups. …
Ontario Health Coalition Day of Action
Concerned Friends participated in the Ontario Health Coalition Day of Action in Guelph on October 8 to create political pressure to expose the lack of action to improve care in long-term care and to push for an end to for-profit privatization of long-term care.
