Plan to charge $400 a day to frail elderly patients — to coerce them into accepting transfer to long-term care far from home — an egregious violation of their rights
SooToday received the following letter to the editor from Marie DellaVedova on behalf of the Seniors’ Health Advisory Committee, Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District, regarding support for a charter challenge to the province's controversial Bill 7.
In Northern Ontario, patients can be transferred up to 150 km away for long-term care placement, or if there are no beds available, any distance.The $400 daily penalty will coerce elderly patients without financial resources into homes far from their spouses and other loved ones. Loved ones may be unable to visit on a regular basis.
On Nov. 21, 2022 the Ontario Health Coalition and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly announced a joint Charter challenge to the Ford government’s new law. SHAC supports the Ontario Health Coalition and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly in this challenge. And because only a specific section of our population is affected, predominately the aged, Bill 7 also infringes on their right to equality. Our Charter rights do not diminish with age.
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