Nursing homes in northern Ontario say workers who refused the flu shot would sometimes be taken off the job, but they can't do that during COVID with staff stretched too thin already.
Nearly 300 people in Ontario have been moved from hospitals to long-term care homes not of their choosing under a law the government implemented a little over a year ago.The Ministry of Long-Term Care has not previously publicly disclosed the numbers of patients moved under its new rules, but Minister Stan Cho's office now confirms to The Canadian Press that 293 alternate level of care patients were admitted to homes they didn't choose between September 2022 and January of this year.
It is aimed at moving so-called alternate level of care patients — who can be discharged from hospital but need a long-term care bed and don't yet have one — in order to free up hospital space. The Ministry of Long-Term Care has not previously publicly disclosed the numbers of patients moved under those new rules, but Long-Term Care Minister Stan Cho's office now confirms to The Canadian Press that 293 alternate level of care patients were admitted to homes they didn't choose between September 2022 and January of this year.
Cho said he wants people to be able to age comfortably in long-term care homes, not in hospital beds.
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