SENIORS FOR SOCIAL ACTION (ONTARIO)
News Releases
and Editorials
Editorial
A Home for Mom and Dad
We are all aware of the abysmal state of eldercare in Ontario, where home care is minimal, where attempting to support aging parents is often overwhelming for families, and where the absence of other choices forces thousands of old people into long term care institutions.
We know that a system that is based primarily on institutions (most of which are operated for profit) cannot provide elderly people with the support they require to have a good life. ..........
Editorial
WHY IS ONTARIO SO FAR BEHIND ON LONG TERM CARE?
Canada has long prided itself on being more socially conscious than the U.S., but something has gone awry when it comes to long term care.
Let’s examine the policy platform of the new President of the United States..........
Editorial
A TRANSFORMATIVE VISION FOR LONG TERM CARE IN ONTARIO
Christine McMillan is 91 years old, has a wealth of real world experience, and founded OASIS along with Brian Brophy while President of Frontenac Kingston Council on Aging. OASIS is a naturally occurring retirement community located in an apartment building owned by Homestead Landholding Inc. Hers and Brian’s intent was to build a community of tenants and introduce a program that would include formal and informal social events, exercise programs, guest speakers, skill sharing and other projects as well as affordably priced congregate dining. An onsite coordinator would help tenants to access community supports as their needs changed..........
Editorial
Creating Change in an Entrenched
Long-Term Care System: Lessons from the Past
How to make significant change in long-term care is a huge challenge. Long- term care in Ontario has been entrenched for over 40 years, even though older adults do not aspire to be institutionalized. This entrenched system has withstood numerous scathing reports and inquiries, including the recent Commission Report, and yet little has changed. Most people would agree that this is a broken system.
Neither the federal government nor the provinces are showing the kind of leadership we need. The recent Commission Report fails to recommend alternatives that could have made a significant difference to the lives of our vulnerable elders. Also, advocacy for change remains limited and divided.
So how can an entrenched system like this be changed? .........
Editorial
LIPSTICK ON A PIG?
A strange phenomenon has emerged in Ontario’s long term care landscape. We now have unions, some union-aligned academics and doctors, and multi-national long term care corporations all on the same page.
All are bleating out the same message that government needs to provide more funding for staff, better pay, and more hours of care.
Throw more money at long term care institutions and their staff! Throw more money at the over 60% for-profit long term care owned, operated, or managed system and those who staff it and it will fix problems in long term care. So goes the argument.
Some facts may be in order here. .......
SENIORS FOR SOCIAL ACTION ONTARIO IS CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FORD GOVERNMENT
Issued by:
Seniors for Social Action Ontario
January 5, 2021
SENIOR’S GROUP CALLS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
IN LONG TERM CARE
Issued by:
Seniors for Social Action Ontario
January 4, 2021
Also see supporting documentation here
FORD GOVERNMENT DISGRACES ORDER OF ONTARIO BY REWARDING FORMER PC POLITICIANS ON THE BOARDS OF LONG TERM CARE COMPANIES
Issued by:
Seniors for Social Action Ontario
January 1, 2021
PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTING DISABILITY RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING A CRITICAL CARE TRIAGE PROTOCOL
Issued by:
Seniors for Social Action Ontario
November 30, 2020
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT CALLING FOR
END TO PROFIT IN LONG TERM CARE
Issued by:
Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities
Seniors for Social Action Ontario
Ontario Society of Senior Citizens’ Organizations
November 3, 2020
TRICK OR TREAT? RYKKA TRYING TO TAKE OVER NON-PROFIT LTCF
October 30, 2020
EARLY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ONTARIO COMMISSION ON LTC AND THE PANDEMIC DEAL WITH SYMPTOMS NOT CAUSES
In an attempt to bind the wound the Commission has bypassed the cure
October 23, 2020
SENIORS FOR SOCIAL ACTION ONTARIO (SSAO) STRONGLY SUPPORTS BILL 196, which would create a Senior’s Advocate Office
October 14, 2020
A DIGNIFIED OLD AGE: CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
Fall 2020 Ontario Pre-Budget Submission
October 6, 2020
PUBLIC STATEMENT THANKING OTTAWA’S AND DURHAM REGION’S MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
September 24, 2020
SENIORS FOR SOCIAL ACTION ONTARIO CHALLENGES FORD TO EXPLAIN HIS COMMENTS CONCERNING EXTENDICARE,
AFTER NEW WEST END VILLA OUTBREAK
September 22, 2020
SSAO CALLS ON COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE WHY FORD GOVERNMENT SENT HOSPITALS WITH POOR RECORDS ACCORDING TO PROVINCIAL AUDITOR INTO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
August 26, 2020
ADVOCATES CALL FOR AN END TO AGEIST POLICY OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION: CREATION OF INNOVATIVE INDIVIDUALIZED ALTERNATIVES
May 26, 2020
PROVINCIAL SENIORS ADVOCACY GROUP CALLS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF TOUGH INSPECTIONS AND PROSECUTIONS IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
May 25, 2020
PROVINCIAL SENIORS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR ONTARIO’S AUDITOR GENERAL TO CONDUCT A VALUE-FOR-MONEY AUDIT INTO LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
May 22, 2020
PROVINCIAL SENIORS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY
May 19, 2020