Now the target of a Charter Challenge, the Ford government's 'More Beds, Better Care Act' allows certain elderly hospital patients to be moved to long-term care facilities 150 km from home
The Ford government is facing a Charter challenge over the "More Beds, Better Care Act," a controversial law that allows Ontario hospitals to force some elderly patients to pay up if they refuse to move into a long-term care facility.
Last week, the Ford government disclosed how many patients have been moved so far to long-term care homes they didn't choose. The grand total? 293 and counting. Lawyer Steven Shrybman of Goldblatt Partners, who represents one of the two advocacy groups, was a recent guest on Village Media’s Inside the Village podcast. He said he has “never encountered anything that's just so cynical and so cruel in its impact on the most vulnerable people in our community.”
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