ONTARIO SPENDS FAR MORE ON PRISONERS
THAN ON THE FRAIL ELDERLY
The Ontario government spends about $136 a day on each prison inmate, yet only
about $60 a day for each resident in long-term care facilities.
"Long-term care facilities are home for many frail elderly who have been
active, vital contributors to society all their lives. Don't they deserve a
level of care that is more than the mere minimum?" asks Donna Rubin, CEO of
the Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors (OANHSS).
Rubin and her organization, which represents Ontario's not-for-profit, long term
care facilities, will be taking a stark message to a committee of MPPs tomorrow:
The system is in crisis because provincial government funding has not kept pace
with the needs of residents.
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 4:30 P.M.
WHERE: STANDING
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, LEGISLATIVE
BUILDING, QUEEN'S PARK, ROOM
151
Donna Rubin is available for interviews
905-851-8821 ext. 230
or
contact Robert Stephens
416-777-0368
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(P) 905-851-8821
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OANHSS members include not-for-profit providers of long term care, services and
housing for seniors in Ontario.
Members include municipal and charitable long term care homes, non-profit
nursing homes,
seniors' housing projects and community
service agencies.