Joanne Dykeman apparently thought she was no longer connected to a virtual town hall meeting, said the union that represents workers there
Sienna Senior Living, one of the companies at the centre of the long-term care crisis in Ontario, fired its executive vice president of operations Thursday after she was heard mocking the concerns of families at a hard-hit Toronto care home after a virtual town hall meeting aimed at revamping the company’s image.
He called for an end to for-profit long-term care, noting Sienna paid $15 million in dividends to shareholders during the first four months of the pandemic. Among other things, the company said in a statement, it has hired a former provincial deputy attorney general, Paul Boniferro, to conduct a “company-wide review into the policies, practices and culture at Sienna.” It also said it would improve communications.
“The information coming out about long-term care residences across our organization, some of which was detailed in the report of the Canadian Armed Forces, has shaken our team here at Sienna, most of whom go to work every day to provide compassionate, necessary frontline care for our residents.
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