Concern rising for chronic care patients in hospitals who might be forced out of their hospital beds and into long-term care facilities without their consent
Dr. Rose Zacharias, the president of the Ontario Medical Association, said she hopes that Ontario's controversial Bill 7 will be implemented with compassion and flexibility towards hospital patients who might be forced into moving into a long-term care home.
The concern is that many elderly patients in hospitals no longer require acute care and are using Alternate Level of Care beds, because beds in nearby nursing homes are not readily available. At the same time, she quickly added that patients "do better" when loved ones are nearby. She expressed the need for understanding.
She added that she hoped accommodations would be made for the cultural backgrounds of the patients, for their native language, their faith perspective and all other aspects of the patient's wellbeing.
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