THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING IN LONG TERM CARE FUNDING

Running head: THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING IN LONG TERM CARE IN
ONTARIO
THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING IN LONG TERM CARE IN ONTARIO
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THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING IN LONG TERM CARE FUNDING IN
ONTARIO
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Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Problem............................................................................................................................................2
Strategies for resolving the issues....................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6

THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING IN LONG TERM CARE FUNDING IN
ONTARIO
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Introduction
There are lots of changes in the long term care in the Ontario. Aging in the Ontario has
faced a tight admission strategy for giving the facilities to the long-term care. Majority of the
patients in the long term care are facing a strict long-term facility in the long-term care of
Ontario. It needs a huge amount of medical as well as personal care. As per the Ontario Long-
Term Care Association, ninety percent of the residents in the Ontario receive a cognitive
impairment. There six hundred and twenty five care homes in Ontario. Due to lack of funding,
they are not able provide proper service to elder people of the Ontario. It also increases the risks.
It is also says that long-term care in the Ontario is a state crisis.
This report discusses the issues related to this topic (Friesen, Bugden & Falk, 2020). In
this report, the various strategies for getting rid of this solution are discussed. These are
discussed with the help of sufficient literature.
Problem
1. The provincial government of Ontario gives 7.7% of their total health care budget for
funding long-term care homes (Kiran et al., 2020). There are some public cares in
Ontario who cover nursing and personal care, support services and some raw foods to the
elder patients. But, they need more funding for giving more facility to the elder persons
(Boyer et al., 2020). They need the provincial cost for the personal support workers,
registered practical nurses and registered nurses. At current scenario, there is an average
of 2.8 direct care nurses are available. Research clearly says that, there is a huge need of
increase in staffing of the RN, PRN and PSWs. It requires for providing better quality