{"id":7643,"date":"2017-11-01T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=7643"},"modified":"2017-11-01T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:59:46","slug":"mpp-france-gelinas-to-bring-forward-bill-33-a-time-to-care-for-second-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/01\/mpp-france-gelinas-to-bring-forward-bill-33-a-time-to-care-for-second-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"MPP France G\u00e9linas to bring forward Bill 33, A Time to Care for second reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nov 1, 2017 @ 10:57<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/div>
<\/div>\n

France G\u00e9linas, the MPP for Nickel Belt and Ontario NDP critic for the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care was joined by allies of people in long-term care (LTC) to discuss second reading of Bill 33, \u201cA Time to Care\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill was written with a specific goal in mind, protecting the health and dignity of our seniors living in Ontario\u2019s long-term care homes,\u201d G\u00e9linas stated. \u201dFamilies in this province are concerned about the level of care their loved ones are receiving in long-term care. If we want to protect our most vulnerable citizens, a minimum standard of daily care is a must.\u201d Bill 33 would require long-term care homes to provide residents with minimum of four hours a day of hands on care.<\/p>\n

Tom Carrothers, Chair of Family Council Network 4 Advocacy Committee was present to speak to the need for action. \u201cI\u2019ve seen first-hand the results of cuts in our long-term care homes. Incidents of resident on resident violence are increasing as residents with dementia and other cognitive illness are more and more isolated\u201d Carrothers stated. \u201dThe pattern of chronic understaffing in the provinces LTC homes only exacerbates these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrea Legault, a Personal Support Worker (PSW) working at Fairhaven Homes for the Aged in Peterborough, echoed Mr. Carrothers\u2019 concerns. \u201cA PSW has five to ten minutes to help a resident with their morning routine. That includes waking, washing, dressing and use of the commode. Imagine if we only had ten minutes for all those activities in the morning. Then imagine you are 87 years old with\u00a0mobility issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The long-term care system is in crisis,” said Candace Rennick, secretary-treasurer for CUPE Ontario and a former long-term care worker. “The majority of residents are over 85, three quarters have some form of Alzheimer\u2019s or dementia and the vast majority have mobility issues. Staffing levels make it impossible to provide the amount of hands on care residents need. It\u2019s not acceptable that our loved ones, the people who spent their lives building our province and caring for our communities, are now being neglected in their final years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second reading debate for Bill 33 will begin at approximately 3 p.m. on November 2nd<\/sup> at the Ontario Legislature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nov 1, 2017 @ 10:57 France G\u00e9linas, the MPP for Nickel Belt and Ontario NDP critic for the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care was joined by allies of people in long-term care (LTC) to discuss second reading of Bill 33, \u201cA Time to Care\u201d. \u201cThis bill was written with a specific goal in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[963,962],"class_list":["post-7643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-a-time-to-care","tag-bill-33"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 10:34:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7644,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7643\/revisions\/7644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}