• June 17, 2008 - OANHSS Lauds Focus on Enhancing Staff Capacity: Sharkey Report

• March 25, 2008 - OANHSS Budget Reaction - Not Much of A 'Revolution' For Long Term Care Home Residents

• January 22, 2008 - Make Long Term Care a Priority in Next Budget, OANHSS Urges 
• September 11, 2007 - Heated Debate Kicks Off Provincial Campaign - Seniors' Care Issues Front and Center
• August 29, 2007 - Aging at Home Strategy Good News for Seniors
• March 22, 2007 - OANHSS Budget Reaction - Liberals break promise to 75,000 residents of long term care homes
• March 19, 2007 - Amendments to Long Term Care Legislation Support Not-for-Profits
• January 16, 2007 - OANHSS Warns that Proposed Long Term Care Legislation Will Erode Resident Care
• December 20, 2006 - McGuinty Government Makes Low-Cost Capital Loans Available to Not-for-Profit Homes
• December 7, 2006 - Long Term Care Homes Being Pushed to the Brink, OANHSS Warns
• October 11, 2006 - MPPs Volunteer at Long Term Care Homes Across the Province
• October 3, 2006 - Proposed New Long Term Care Act An Important Opportunity To Make Lasting Enhancements To The System
• May 4, 2006 - OANHSS Applauds Government's Focus on Health Care Human Resources
• March 23, 2006 - Ontario Budget Disappointing for Long Term Care
• March 9, 2006 - McGuinty Government Now in a Position to Keep its Promise to Long Term Care Residents
• January 30, 2006 - Proposed Legislation Opens Door to Further Privatization in the Delivery of Long Term Care

View our archives for Media Releases prior to 2006

Public Releases

• August 1, 2007 - OANHSS Applauds New Funding for Long Term Care 
• June 29, 2007 - New Chair Elected to OANHSS Board of Directors
• September 2003 - Fair Funding: OANHSS LTC Issues Document - 2003 Provincial Election
  (pdf format - 2 pages)
• May 9, 2002 - New Chair Elected to OANHSS Board of Directors 
• February 15, 2002 - New Chairs and Executive Directors for CCACs
• October 18, 2001 - "Continued Municipal Support for Long Term Care"

• Smitherman assailed for offer to don diaper - February 2008 (pdf format)
• Seniors require integrated care - May 2006 (pdf format)
• Need full range of options for seniors - December 2005 (pdf format)
• Reforming Ontario long-term care - February 2005 (pdf format)
• The private side of medicare - September 2003
• Nursing home checks spotty - April 2000
• Looming crisis for elderly - February 2000
• Saga of seniors caught in home outside the law - August 1999

• "Keep the Promise: Dignity and Compassion for Ontario's Seniors" - March 2004
• "Going the Distance: Meeting the Needs of Ontario's Seniors" - February 2003
• "The Dollars and Sense of Long Term Care" - November 2002
• "Ontario's Seniors: Funding the Care They Deserve" - May 2002  
• "Long Term Care in Crisis" - November 2000
• "Pay Equity Imbalances in Long Term Care" - July 2000
• "Staying Focused on the Balance in Health Care" - July 1999

• Alzheimer Strategy 2003-2004 Learning Opportunities 
  (pdf format - 8 pages) 
• Toronto CCAC Waitlist Management Project
          March (pdf format - 2 pages)
          May (pdf format - 2 pages)
          June (pdf format - 2 pages)
• Continuum Framework for Services to Seniors with Mental Health Needs
      -     Memo (pdf format - 2 pages)
      -     Draft Copy of MOHLTC Advisory Committee Report (pdf format - 4 pages)
• LTCF Beds - NFP/FP Mix - July 2003
  
  View our archives for Other Updates/Reports prior to 2003

• Summary
• Sustaining the Not-for-Profit Sector
• Funding
• Supportive Housing

(OANHSS Full Members - go to the "Government & Media Relations" in the member area to access additional reports and submissions)

• OANHSS Funding Submission Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs - January 2008
  (pdf format - 20 pages)

• OANHSS 2008 Funding Submission - November 2007 (pdf format - 15 pages) 

• OANHSS Submission – Human Rights and Rental Housing – August 2007 (pdf format - 9 pages)
• OANHSS Submission – Life Lease Housing Consultation - June 2007 (pdf format - 16 pages)
• OANHSS Position on WSIB Accreditation Consultation - May 2007 (pdf format - 4 pages)
• OANHSS Submission on Retirement Home Regulation – March 2007 (pdf format)
• Bill 140 - OANHSS Submission - January 2007 (pdf format - large document - 86 pages)
• OANHSS Presentation to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs – December 2006 (pdf format)
• LTC Homes Act (Bill 140) - Summary of OANHSS Key Issues - November 2006 (pdf format)
• August 2006 - OANHSS Response to Consultations on MMAH Special Priority Policy Review Cover Letter  |  Questionnaire
• Joint OANHSS-OCSA Submission to HRPRAC on PSW Regulations - May 2006 (pdf format)
• OANHSS Submission to HPRAC on PSW Regulation - March 2006 (pdf format)
• OANHSS Presentation on Bill 36 (LHIN Legislation) to Standing Committee on Social Policy - January 2006
  
  View our archives for Position Papers/Submissions prior to 2006
   

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