Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - Health Update - Future Directions for Legislation Governing Long-Term Care Homes

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We want to hear from you about Long-Term Care.

On May 11, 2004, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care released Commitment to Care, A Plan for Long-Term Care in Ontario, a review of the province’s long-term care (LTC) homes conducted by his Parliamentary Assistant, Monique Smith, M.P.P. for Nipissing.

LTC homes are residences that provide care and services for people who are no longer able to live independently or who require on-site nursing care, 24-hour supervision, or personal support.

Ontario’s LTC homes are now governed by three separate pieces of legislation. Commitment to Care recommended that the three Acts governing LTC homes be brought together in a single piece of legislation to ensure uniform standards and accountability. Based on this recommendation, the Government is proposing to introduce a new consolidated Long-Term Care Homes Act in 2005.

The government is seeking comments from the public on a discussion paper posted below. The purpose of the paper is to identify issues and concerns that relate to the proposed new legislation. The Ministry wants to hear your suggestions about what should be included in the proposed Act.

Each section in this paper identifies issues and questions for your comments. We have provided a place for you to respond directly on the paper and provide any related comments you wish.

You are NOT required to answer all of the questions - only those that interest or concern you.

After reading the paper, you may have general comments about the current LTC home legislation and/or services that are not mentioned there. If so, we are interested in your recommendations. On the last page of the paper you will find an "Additional Comments" box in which you can write your general comments. You can go there directly at any time to make general comments.

Please send us your comments by December 15, 2004.

The deadline for receiving responses to the discussion paper on the proposed legislation has now passed. Thank you for your interest in the paper.

A PDF version of the discussion paper is available here for your continued reference.

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Future Directions for Legislation Governing Long-Term Care Homes

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