Etiket: CHSLDs
Authorizing collective action on the management of the pandemic in CHSLDs is a step towards reparation
By authorizing the exercise of class action for residents of public CHSLDs who experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 during the pandemic, the Superior Court has just taken an important step.…
Major outbreak of COVID-19 in CHSLDs: collective action authorized
*** Here is the preliminary list of CHSLDs having experienced an outbreak, i.e. the presence of at least 2 nosocomial cases on a care unit, occurring over a period of…
Collective action authorized against public CHSLDs
The Superior Court of Quebec authorizes a class action against public CHSLDs in the province “in which there has been an outbreak of 25% or more cases of COVID-19”. Users,…
“The current system is financially unsustainable”: the government must invest more in home care than in CHSLDs
The government must completely change its way of caring for seniors, which is too focused on accommodation in CHSLDs and not enough on home care, if it wants to confront…
COVID-19: collective action authorized against public CHSLDs in Quebec
The Superior Court of Quebec authorizes a class action against public CHSLDs in the province “in which there has been an outbreak of 25% or more cases of COVID-19”. Users,…
Fall vaccination in Quebec: starting Monday in RPAs and CHSLDs, October 10 for the general population
Starting Monday, vaccines against COVID-19 and flu will be offered free of charge in RPAs and CHSLDs and, starting October 10, to the general population. The national director of public…
COVID-19 outbreaks in CHSLDs | The CISSS lawyer contests the collective action
(Montreal) The collective action that we would like to take against public CHSLDs which have experienced outbreaks of COVID-19 would be too broad in scope and would not distinguish between…
COVID-19: 88 CHSLDs in active outbreak
COVID-19 is progressing in Quebec while 88 CHSLDs are currently in an “active outbreak”. Hospital centers have also decided to once again impose the wearing of masks for staff and…
A request for authorization of collective action against CHSLDs “which does not hold water”
The request for authorization of class action against public CHSLDs “does not hold water,” according to the lawyer who represents health establishments in this case currently being heard in the…
COVID-19 outbreaks in CHSLDs | Hearings begin for a request for authorization of class action
(Montreal) The inability of the Quebec government to deploy its pandemic response plan, when the new coronavirus had begun to circulate elsewhere in the world in early 2020, led to…
Request for authorization of collective action against public CHSLDs for their management of COVID-19
The Superior Court of Quebec is hearing this week the request for authorization of a class action targeting all public CHSLDs in the province that experienced an outbreak of COVID-19…
Safety in CHSLDs | Ottawa launches public consultation
(Ottawa) The federal government is launching an online public consultation to take the pulse of the population as part of the development of legislation to improve safety in long-term care…
Lack of doctors in CHSLDs in Montreal: “a major crisis”, says the FMOQ
Some 600 residents of CHSLDs in Montreal remain without a family doctor, despite a recent call to the medical community to be taken care of. Faced with this “worrying situation”,…
Lack of doctors in CHSLDs in Montreal: “a major crisis”, says the FMOQ
Some 600 residents in CHSLDs in Montreal remain without a family doctor despite a recent call to the medical community to be taken care of. Faced with this “worrying situation”,…
“It’s a completely unbearable situation”: the worst shortage of family doctors hits the CHSLDs of Montreal
An “unbearable” crisis is hitting the CHSLDs of Montreal with full force, as a record of nearly 1,000 vulnerable and elderly residents will soon find themselves without family doctors, and…
The right people in the right places in our CHSLDs
The population is aging, the number of places in specialized accommodation is limited and concentrated, and skilled labor is becoming scarce. Other pandemics will occur. Other risks will arise. CHSLDs…
Two-tier care for Quebec seniors: twice as many employees in seniors’ homes as in CHSLDs
There will be up to twice as many employees in Quebec’s seniors’ homes as in dilapidated CHSLDs, the government’s ratios predict, even if the two services are public and are…
We must limit moves between CHSLDs and seniors’ homes, warns a researcher
The moves of residents of CHSLDs to seniors’ homes (MDA) must be approached with great caution, warns an expert in the field who is worried about the impacts for residents…
Unexpected back and forth between CHSLDs and seniors’ homes
Unable to install new residents in seniors’ homes, several regions use them to accommodate residents of CHSLDs undergoing renovation. The Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon seniors’ home, in Lévis, was inaugurated in February, but…
Private CHSLDs | Minister Bélanger wants to speed up the agreement
(Quebec) The Minister for Health and Seniors is stepping on the accelerator to convert private CHSLDs into institutions under agreement, that is to say subsidized by the State. Sonia Bélanger…