Retirement Homes In Ontario Need Regulations

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We the undersigned, along with the support of SEIU and its over 46 000 members in
Ontario, demand the regulation of Retirement Homes.

Nursing homes are funded by the provincial government and are subject to a myriad of statutory obligations, including the Long Term Care Homes Act. Statutory obligations, government oversight, and funding are not only consistent with the spirit of the Canada Health Act, they have created a structure in nursing home facilities that is able to provide better care for residents and improved working conditions for the people employed in them. At present, the only statutory obligation that retirement homes are subject to is the Residential Tenancies Act. This means that Retirement Homes have roughly the same obligations as a college dorm room.

In light of the recent tragedy in Orillia at an unregulated Retirement Home. Seniors perished in this fire and many remain in critical condition due to a lack of regulatory standards. We now ask how many more lives will we lose before we regulate this industry and protect our seniors and their staff?

Please join us in this cause to further improve the working conditions of employees in all Retirement Homes and increase the safety and enrich the lives of the seniors that reside in them.

334 Signatures

  • Tim Cadeau
    • Comments
    • Good Luck
  • David Francis
    • Comments
    • Long Overdue!!
  • A Bozzo
  • Connie Ferrante
  • David Thatcher
  • Rob West
    • Comments
    • These facilities must be regulated properly to provide necessary Health Care to residents.
  • Carol McDowell
    • Comments
    • What is happening to our seniors in Retirement Homes is criminal. Regulation is a must!!
  • Jacqueline D'Santos
  • Gord Gaines
  • Gladys Giroux
  • Martin Parker
  • Greg Dwulit
  • Terry McCarthy
    • Comments
    • This a change that is warranted in light of the increased level of care in retirement homes. There is an escalting care program such as dispensing of medication that is one of several issue resembling nursing home services.
  • John Van Beek
    • Comments
    • Retirement homes must be regulated under provincial legislation. The government must not allow the industry to be self regulated.
  • Judi Lopez
  • Leanne Bradshaw-Collett
  • David Cheslock
  • Barb Rankin
  • Caroline DeMers
  • Charles Renaud
  • Jesse Stanson
    • Comments
    • В
  • Caroline Cohen
  • Diane Nowak
  • Roger Renaud
  • Carol Greer
  • Greg Garratt
  • Susan Jalbert- Stevens
    • Comments
    • It has been unfortunate that we have to depend on the private industry to pick up where our public system falls short, and in turn who suffers here?
  • Ben Katz
    • Comments
    • I wholeheartedly endorse the SEIU campaign to regulate retirement homes in Ontario.
  • Fatima Vieira
  • Natasha Bozzo
  • Jean Jervis
  • Lorna Neal
    • Comments
    • This is urgent- abuses are everywhere.
  • Deborah Burr
  • Heather Wilkinson
  • Jeanette Sears
  • Michelle Carlyle
    • Comments
    • Without regulations we will see more Tragedies
  • Larry Edwards
  • Ron Collie
    • Comments
    • retirement homes need to be regulated just as nursing homes are
  • Doris Fielder
  • pat norman
    • Comments
    • I worked in one and could not believe what the owners got away with
  • Melanie Evers
  • cathy alexander
  • Dennis Laver
  • Linda Micks
  • Emily Mackwood
    • Comments
    • It's long past due!
  • Ronda Huff
  • Alicia Tough
  • Ricardo Mckenzie
  • darlene fielder
  • Crystal Sutton
    • Comments
    • Its about time someone took this issue seriously