Calls for more air conditioning in CHSLDs after data shows less than half of rooms have it
“All regional health authorities have enough air conditioners to respond to the demand. They have also all set up a common area in each CHSLD that is air-conditioned. We are ready to face this summer’s heat waves.”But patients’ rights advocate Paul Brunet begs to differ.
He says residents in long-term care homes should not have to request an air-conditioner, it should simply be provided. “When you have someone residing in a room, where it is 35, 37 degrees, it is dangerous,” said Brunet. “So it’s not only a matter of comfort, it’s a matter of security.”by a Quebec association of retirees through access to information requests, an estimated 45 per cent of rooms in long-term care homes are air-conditioned — up only 2.5 per cent from last year.
Brunet calls the data worrying, considering there are still thousands of residents who do not have one in their room. “There’s no excuse, no excuse at all to not providing adequate refreshing air or air conditioning to those people. It is very insulting,” said Brunet.
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