A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.
  • wise_pancake
    63·
    2 months ago

    It’s complicated.

    Not medically able to care for yourself is not the same as not mentally competent to make decisions.

    The government is saying find a place or we’ll find I’ve for you, their not saying you can’t choose or taking away any rights. They’re just saying you can’t live in the hospital and occupy hospital rooms which are in shortage right now.

    • Arkouda
      33·
      2 months ago

      Do you agree that because you can no longer care for yourself that it is okay for you to be shipped off to wherever the Government chooses and strip your of your rights?

      • wise_pancake
        52·
        2 months ago

        I did address that though. This isn’t stripping and removing rights.

        If they can find accommodation then they can use it, but if they can’t then they simply don’t get to live in the hospital indefinitely.