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PUBLISHED: 04/18/2020 Grim numbers from Canada’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. Over half of the COVID-19 deaths in Canada have been in long-term care and senior homes. The pain is palpable for this with family and friends in long-term care. The fatalities keep mounting of seniors suffering from COVID-19, putting in the spotlight several care institutions across Canada. The mounting numbers have Ontario focused on facilities like Almonte County Haven, West of Ottawa, or Pinecrest nursing home in Bobcaygeon, west of Peterborough. Rules have been amended provincially to help those who work, and live in these facilities. Today on the Unpublished.Cafe, we talk about what’s needed to take better care of our seniors during this pandemic. Do you feel the working conditions need to be improved for those working in long-term care homes? ———————————— GUESTS Charlene Nero - Member of the Decent Health and Wage Network https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlene-nero-6b83819/?originalSubdomain=ca Laura Tamblyn Watts – CEO of CanAge https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/profiles/laura-tamblyn-watts/ ———————————— REFERENCES: https://www.cbc.ca/news/covid-care-homes-warnings-1.5532312?fbclid=IwAR3RCERxw4VvNHozN1ZSzTSy1Q-FKhp3uHLhJ1OzdPlZ30lkpPU_cIz-P-8 https://globalnews.ca/news/6811726/coronavirus-long-term-care-deaths-canada/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6819966/ontario-long-term-care-home-coronavirus/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/prevent-control-covid-19-long-term-care-homes.html https://nationalpost.com/news/covid-19-canada-long-term-care-home-outbreaks-push-death-rates-past-projections https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/loved-ones-live-in-fear-while-long-term-care-homes-battle-covid-19-1.4880581 https://www.orcaretirement.com/news/coronavirus-update-resources/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-at-least-16-ontario-nursing-homes-have-covid-19-cases-yet-families/ https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/04/13/risk-of-covid-19-is-skyrocketing-in-long-term-care-facilities-advocates-say-governments-arent-doing-enough.html https://globalnews.ca/news/6791303/coronavirus-seniors-supports-covid-19/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6820516/coronavirus-ontario-nurses-association-long-term-care-homes/?fbclid=IwAR3dezTo4R04T0uMWU9H5BAjFuFz1xmlKq6YmHQQDpGygv6R5iq8pMmrMkI https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/as-canadas-covid-19-death-toll-passes-1000-attention-focuses-on-long-term-care-homes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-wednesday-long-term-care-homes-1.5532713 https://www.everythingzoomer.com/health/2020/04/03/covid-19-nursing-homes/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6820516/coronavirus-ontario-nurses-association-long-term-care-homes/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6828045/long-term-care-homes-most-coronavirus-deaths-canada/ https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/its-horrible-local-nursing-home-sees-huge-spike-in-covid-19-cases/ https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-action-plan-long-term-care-homes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/covid-care-homes-warnings-1.5532312 https://ipolitics.ca/2020/04/16/is-canadas-covid-19-problem-much-bigger-than-we-think/ https://bc.ctvnews.ca/tenfold-increase-in-elder-abuse-during-covid-19-pandemic-advocates-say-1.4896176?cache=yesclipId104062%3FclipId%3D68596