No interest in ‘watering down’ LTC standards: Ontario minister | 24CA News
Ontario‘s long-term care minister says he’ll check out new nationwide requirements for the sector, however he has no real interest in “watering down” what the province is already doing to enhance care.
The Health Standards Organization launched up to date requirements as we speak, together with that residents ought to get not less than for hours of direct care day-after-day.
Ontario Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra notes that the province has already legislated a objective of a median of 4 hours of direct care per resident per day by 2025.
He says after he evaluations the brand new pointers he suspects Ontario “will still have the highest standards in Canada.”
Calandra and Health Minister Sylvia Jones have been at Toronto’s Humber River Hospital as we speak to announce pilot tasks at that hospital and Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie, Ont., geared toward serving to long-term care residents get sooner entry to diagnostic checks.
The pilot tasks are set to incorporate transportation to appointments and elevated entry to a nurse navigator who can assist co-ordinate companies for long-term care residents.
