Published Dec 1 2023 | via the National Post Protecting elderly patients Re: Ontario woman says her dying grandma was asked to leave the hospital after she outlived her cancer prognosis — Sam Riches, Nov. 21 It is not infrequent that the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly is contacted by patients or family members about patients being discharged from palliative care because they did not die by an arbitrary deadline.
Read moreNew legislation proposing measures to eliminate unfair business practices and new enforcement powers to hold bad actors accountable. Quotes: “The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) welcomes the new Consumer Protection Act that will strengthen and reinforce consumer rights and provide new effective remedies to seniors victimized by scams and frauds involving exploitative consumer transactions such as misleading contract terms.
Read moreLinda Ireton has waited a year in a Collingwood hospital room for place in long-term care, and nobody knows how much longer she’ll have to wait. Published September 16, 2023 | via BarrieToday.com
Read moreSince January 2022, the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (“ACE”) has regularly received calls from older adults who are shocked to discover that a mortgage or a lien (called a “notice of security interest” or “NOSI”)¹ has been registered against title to their home without their knowledge or consent.
Read morePublished June 13 2023 | via Law Times
Read moreJane E. Meadus: “I really am concerned that they’re not using the tools that they’ve said they’ve put in the legislation” | via CBC News: The National
Read moreThursday April 13th, 2023 – The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) and the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) held a press conference to announce that on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, we filed the Notice of Application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice challenging the More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7) as contravening the Canadian Charter.
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