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The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now recommending COVID-19 booster shots for residents of long-term care homes and seniors living in other congregate settings across Canada, such as retirement homes, assisted-living facilities, and chronic care hospitals. The suggestion is for seniors who have already received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to be offered a third shot at least six months after their last dose.
As vaccine deadlines approach at both London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care in fewer than three weeks, there are still hundreds of healthcare workers who remain unvaccinated. “What we’re really focusing on at this point is reaching out to all the staff who have not been vaccinated and offering any support we can,” explained Carol Young-Ritchie, LHSC Executive Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, and Chief Nursing Officer.
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The Ontario government is investing up to $527,900 in Dementia Friendly Communities. “Ontario’s population is aging, and projections show that growing numbers of Ontarians will be living with dementia. This investment will help raise awareness of Dementia Friendly Communities and provide communities and first responders with much-needed resources to help keep older Ontarians living with dementia safe,” said Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility.
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Ontario officials are working to determine what support the province can provide to help Alberta's crippled healthcare system as it battles its deadly fourth wave of COVID-19. "This is a truly cross-Canadian effort. There was a time when Ontario needed some help as well and other provinces helped us, and we will certainly do the same to help Alberta," said Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott.
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Healthcare organizations and politicians have condemned the series of protests against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19-related public health measures that were held outside hospitals across Canada on Monday, considering them as "unacceptable and unfair" to staff and patients. The protests were organized by Canadian Frontline Nurses, a group founded by two Ontario nurses who have promoted conspiracy theories about COVID-19.
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Canada was already desperately short of nurses before COVID-19; now nurses say they're hanging on by a thread. And although small communities have it the worst, "the critical shortage of nurses is a problem across the country, including in major cities," said Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), which represents about 200,000 nurses. Experts assure fixing this problem will take strategic planning, incentives for more sustainable work life.
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