The federal government must introduce its long promised legislation to protect residents in long-term care. The government has been dragging its feet on the Safe Long-Term Care Act while experts and organizations representing front-line workers have been urging enforceable, national standards of care in long-term care facilities.
In an open letter this week, Health Coalition leaders and allies tell Mark Holland, Minister of Health, and Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Labour, “the Act requires mandatory standards of care that guarantee safe, dignified and high-quality care in long-term care homes.”...
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