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Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association Encouraging the Government to Strengthen the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination for All Health Care Workers and Make ALL Seniors Living in Retirement Homes Eligible to Receive the Booster Shot this Fall

Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Health Care Workers

Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association on One-Year Anniversary of the Declaration of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association, re: Home Care Ontario’s Recent Poll

Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association, re: Executive Order extending the Retirement Home Regulatory Authority’s (RHRA) oversight of sector

Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association, re: continuing coverage of COVID-19 situation in Hamilton retirement home

Statement from Ontario Retirement Communities Association, re: the Making Ontario Open For Business Act, 2018

Ontario Retirement Communities Association Announces Cathy Hecimovich as New CEO

Election 2018 Statement from the Ontario Retirement Communities Association

Ontario Retirement Communities Association Wants Commitment for Seniors

Ontario Retirement Communities Association Wants Help for Seniors in Ontario Budget

Ontario Retirement Communities Association Working to Reduce Dementia Stigma

Media Coverage

Opinion | How expanding a seniors tax credit can make life more affordable and ease pressure on long-term care (Toronto Star)

Choosing a home to age with you (Toronto Star)

Alarm raised over outside care workers and coronavirus surge in retirement homes (The Globe and Mail)

Ontario retirement homes push for mandatory COVID-19 testing for caregivers, support workers (CBC)

Germ-zapping robots, living ‘pods’ and hands-free elevators: How COVID-19 has upended the future of retirement home design (Toronto Star)

Fighting the ‘other’ pandemic: Curbing COVID-19 in care homes, shelters and jails (Toronto Star)

PUBLISHED – Letter to the Editor re: COVID-19 In Seniors’ Homes Is A Nightmare (The Globe and Mail)

Nearly 80 seniors’ homes across Ontario are reporting cases of COVID-19: expert (Toronto Star)

Retirement homes to hold off on accepting non-COVID-19 hospital patients until safety concerns addressed (Toronto Star)

HECIMOVICH: A made-in-Ontario solution to help seniors thrive (Toronto Sun)

New retirement lodge/townhouses could impact Huntsville’s economy (Muskoka Region)

Retirement Communities with a Capital C (Personal Health News)

The Middleton to fill ‘niche’ for affordable seniors housing (Bradford Today)

PUBLISHED – Letter to the Editor re: Builders blame Ontario’s growth plan for rising home prices & Build affordable retirement homes in GTA (Toronto Star)

Letter to the Editor re: Funding more Long-Term Care Beds Isn’t Enough (Ottawa Citizen)

PUBLISHED – Letter to the Editor re: Help retirement homes keep their clients out of hospital (Ottawa Citizen)

Lord Dufferin Centre to have open house this weekend (Orangeville Citizen)

Letter to the Editor re: Ontario Tories’ point man on health care wants more innovation (Toronto Star)

PUBLISHED – Letter to the Editor re: How Ontario’s next government could relieve overcrowded hospitals (Toronto Star)

Letter to the Editor re: New study aims to provide clues on how Canadian seniors can age healthily (The Globe and Mail)

Letter to the Editor re: Canada’s Retiring Boomers Face ‘Severe Housing Crisis’: DBRS (HuffPost)

PUBLISHED Letter to the Editor re: A looming housing affordability crisis is poised to hit seniors across Canada (Financial Post)

Denley: Fixing long-term care – without hurling money at it (Ottawa Citizen)

PUBLISHED Letter to the Editor re: Ontario’s retirement home residents need health-care funding too (Ottawa Citizen)

PUBLISHED Letter to the Editor re: Ontario’s retirement home residents need health-care funding too (Brantford Expositor)

Seniors seek healthy, active lifestyles in community living (The Globe and Mail)

Ontario to spend $20M on sprinkler overhaul for small retirement homes (National Post)

Ontario to test retirement home stays to ease hospital overcrowding (The Star)