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"We are now entering the second wave of the pandemic," said Ontario Health Coali- tion representative Mervyn Russell. "Despite having had from March through September to ensure long-term care homes are fully prepared for the second wave, noth- ing, as yet, has actually happened." Russell argued efforts to make long-term care homes profitable have resulted in situa- tions where multiple residents share a room and where part-time staff divide their time between several long-term care homes. He said these practices left long-term care homes vulnerable following the arrival of COVID-19. Russell said he and the Ontario Health Coalition want to see more trained personal service workers and registered nurses in full-time jobs at attractive levels of pay at long-term care homes. Protective clothing for all staff when dealing with infected persons and a legislat- ed requirement of at least four hours of per- sonal care for each long-term care resident per day were other demands Russell listed. He said he also wants to see separate rooms for each resident and rooms to quar- antine infected persons. Ultimately Russell said long-term care should become part of the Public Health Ser- vice under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). When reached for comment John Ferko, Legislative Assistant to MPP Crawford, said the provincial government is committed to long-term care. "We have increased funding with a $72 million increase last year and an $80 million increase this year. In the summer, our gov- ernment announced $1.75 billion in funding for long-term care to build capacity. We are taking real action for long-term care to build more beds and improve the conditions," said Ferko. "We also provided $461 million to help give 50,000 personal support workers a pay increase of $3 per hour. We invested $540 mil- lion as part of our Fall Preparedness Plan to ensure homes were equipped to deal with subsequent waves of COVID-19. This fund- ing is used for training, PPE supplies, and more staffing. At the onset in March, we cre- ated a $243 million fund to support addition- al surge capacity in homes while supporting 24/7 screening, more staffing and supplies, and equipment to help with prevention and containment of this COVID-19 outbreak." Ferko said the Province has also commit- ted to a non-partisan independent commis- sion to provide the government with guid- ance on how to better protect long-term care home residents and staff from future out- breaks. He said the commission has started its work and will report back by April 2021. Russell argued the recent funding an- nounced by Ford is inadequate given previ- ous cuts he has made to health care in Onta- rio. Those present at the protest also heard from local resident Linda Love who talked about her mother's four-year experience in a London long-term care home, which began in 2015. Love made it clear there were significant problems in Ontario long-term care homes well before COVID-19 noting she witnessed negligence, chronic understaffing and sig- nificant supply shortages, especially related to bedding and incontinence supplies. Local law clerk Michael Reid, whose law firm Will Davidson is currently re- presenting the families of 280 long-term care homes residents who died of COVID-19, also spoke during the protest. "I have discussed this with a number of families and the consensus is that for-profit long-term care homes should be a thing of the past," said Reid. PROTESTERS DEMAND MORE HELP FOR LONG-TERM-CARE HOMES Mervyn Russell with the Ontario Health Coalition waves to fellow protesters outside MPP Stephen Crawford's constituency office. Graham Paine/Torstar DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS