Media Advisory - More Staff Critically Needed to Meet Complex Resident Care Needs

TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2015 /CNW/ - The Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors (OANHSS) will urge the Ontario government to increase staffing in long term care homes to improve resident care and safety in its pre-Budget presentation tomorrow to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in Toronto.

Tim Siemens, Board Chair, and Donna Rubin, Chief Executive Officer, will present OANHSS' recommendations for ensuring that Ontario's seniors receive the quality and level of care that they need and deserve.

OANHSS is the provincial association representing not-for-profit providers of long term care, services and housing for seniors. Members include not-for-profit long term care homes (municipal, charitable and non-profit nursing homes) seniors' housing, supportive housing, and community service agencies. Member organizations serve over 36,000 long term care residents annually and operate over 8,000 seniors' housing units across the province.

When:	Thursday, January 29
	3:45 PM
Where:	Queen's Park, Room 151
	111 Wellesley Street West
	Toronto   M7A 1A2

SOURCE Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors (OANHSS)

For more information and to book interviews: Debbie Humphreys, Senior Director, Corporate and Public Affairs, (W) 905-851-8821 x 233, (C) 416-553-7401