The issue

Ontario’s 626 long-term care homes are not meeting the needs of their 79,000 residents. For decades, successive governments ignored dozens of reports and recommendations to improve care in nursing homes. Today, Ontario continues to underfund and understaff homes. An aging resident population with increasing complexity calls for increased care from staff with the right skill mix. COVID-19 has exposed chronic underfunding and under-staffing with devastating and tragic consequences.

Take action

Action Alert
Stop the move to for-profit health care, premier!
Call on the premier to stop for-profit surgeries in Ontario!
Action Alert
Enshrine a nursing home basic care guarantee in legislation, premier, set the path forward!
We call on the premier to honour and respect those who died, the ones who loved them and the ones who cared for them.
Action Alert
National standards for long-term care (LTC) are needed now
Let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau know that Canada needs national standards for LTC now!

Long-term care policy documents

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Senior woman wearing mask

Submission to the Government of Canada re proposed Safe Long-Term Care Act

RNAO welcomes the development of federal legislation focused on improved care for nursing home residents. Federal leadership is required to improve the quality and availability of LTC across the country.

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  • Submission to the Government of Canada re proposed Safe Long-Term Care Act
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    Senior woman wearing mask

    Submission to the Government of Canada re proposed Safe Long-Term Care Act

    RNAO welcomes the development of federal legislation focused on improved care for nursing home residents. Federal leadership is required to improve the quality and availability of LTC across the country.

    LEARN MORE

Other documents related to long-term care: 

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