COVID Resources

NEW: COVID-19 Reporting of Deaths

To support having highest quality data on deaths from COVID-19, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health would like to remind physicians and nurses in the extended class, Ontario about best practices for the completion of medical certificates of death and about your legal obligation to report deaths from diseases of public health significance to your local Medical Officer of Health.
For details, including information regarding the legal obligation to report any death where the cause of death was a disease of public health significance, please see the Memo RE: COVID-19 Reporting of Deaths.

REPORT DATE TOPICS COVERED RESOURCE MATERIAL
Monday April 25, 2022 Therapeutic Management of Residents of LTC Homes with COVID-19 Therapeutic Management of Residents of LTC Homes with COVID-19
Friday January 28, 2022 Numbers; Wastewater Testing; National LTC Standards; New Residences’ Bill of Rights; WHO Palliative Approach Definition
Saturday January 22, 2022 Current Numbers; How is Ontario Responding; Summary of Dr. McGeer Webinar; Fourth Dose Controversy Guidance Report
Friday January 14, 2022 Mortality Rates; Protecting Residents & Staff; Therapeutic Management of Adult Patients; OLTCC Webinar with Dr. Allison McGeer Fluvoxamine,Ontario Science Table
Thursday January 6, 2022 Current numbers; Guidance Document; Treating COVID in LTC; Therapeutic Management of Adult Patients Therapeutic Management,Guidance Document
Thursday December 30, 2021 Covid-Omicron Report
Thursday March 25, 2021 Current Numbers; Ontario Budget; MD Course; Rapid Antigen Testing, COVID-19 Testing
Friday February 26th, 2021 Current numbers; LTC COVID Commission; Dr. Williams CTV News; Roberta Place – Barrie
Friday February 5th, 2021 Current Numbers; Dr. Barry Roth; Vaccine Suppliers
Thursday January 28, 2021 Current numbers; UK Variant; Vaccines; OLTCC MD Course
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 Number update; OMA – 5 Recommendations; Medical Director Advice on Preparedness
Tuesday January 12th, 2021 Current numbers; Testing; Vaccinations Minister’s Directive January 8, 2021
Friday January 8th, 2021 Vaccine Information
Monday January 4th, 2021 Comparison numbers; Timeline of COVID-19 Virus 2020
Thursday December 24th, 2020 Townhall December 23, 2020; Commission Reports; Tendercare Home; Oakwood Manor Home
Monday December 21st, 2020 Current numbers; Vaccine; MLTC Staffing Plan MLTC Staffing Plan 2021-2025
Tuesday December 8th, 2020 Current numbers; Second Interim Report of the LTC Commission; OMA COVID-19 Survey
Wednesday November 25th, 2020 Current Numbers; Testing; Dementia Care Survey; OLTCC AGM
Friday November 20th, 2020 Update on Current numbers; Ontario’s new Framework Levels LTC Sector Surveillance Testing Strategy
Visitor Policy
Thursday October 9th, 2020 New COVID-19 Precautions for LTC, Oct 5
Thursday September 24, 2020 Second COVID-19 Wave; Conference Update; Dr. James Edney; The Long Term Care Commission Joint Letter Re: Wave 2 Preparedness, September 21, 2020
Tuesday September 1, 2020 Current status; Testing; Vaccines; Dr. Rhonda Collins; OLTCC Virtual Conference 2020
Tuesday August 25, 2020 Outdated Facilities, Underfunded, Understaffed; CMPA Annual Meeting and Virtual Care
Tuesday August 18, 2020 Current numbers; Regional Geriatric Programs; OMA meets NDP Letter, OMA Abdulla
Tuesday August 11, 2020 Current numbers; COVID-19 Survey; Understaffing consequences; Frontline Connect; OLTCC Virtual Conference, 2020 – Dates announced
Tuesday August 4, 2020 LTC Commission; Virtual Care
Tuesday July 28, 2020 Current numbers; Town Hall July 24, 2020; Nurse Led Outreach Teams Control of COVID-19 Outbreaks in LTC
Friday July 24, 2020 Town Hall Meeting July 24th 2020 – Allison McGeer
Tuesday July 21, 2020 Safe Family Visits; Town Hall Friday July 21, 2020 12 pm – “In the Wake of the First Wave”; E-Consult Program; Dr. Janice Legere
Tuesday July 14, 2020 Current numbers; Managing Death Reports; Town Hall July 21, 2020 12 pm – “In the Wake of the First Wave”; Solving the COVID-19 Crisis in LTC 1) Memo to Bereavement Authority of Ontario, Electronic Signatures
2) Solving COVID-19 Crisis in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Tuesday July 7, 2020 Current numbers; Virtual Care; The Canadian Armed Forces Intervention
Tuesday June 30, 2020 Current numbers, Weekly number of deaths chart; Dr. Celeste Fung
Tuesday June 23, 2020 Current numbers; Weak Links; Collaborative Care; Dr. Sandy Shamon; COVID-Control CONTROL of COVID-19 Outbreaks in LTCHs
Tuesday June 16, 2020 Current numbers; Isolation impact on residents; Profile: Dr. Stuart Egier
Friday June 12, 2020 Resuming Visits in LTC Homes; Confusion about Asymptomatic spread; Profile: Dr. Ross Kennel Ministry of Long-Term Care – Resuming Visits In LTC Homes
Tuesday June 9, 2020 Case numbers; Care of patients; COVID-19 Endotheliitis; Town Hall link; Role of our clinicians
Tuesday June 2, 2020 Current numbers; Town Hall Meeting May 28; Ombudsman Investigation; Safe Visits; CanAge
Friday May 29, 2020 CAF Report; OLTCC/OMA Zoom Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday May 27, 2020 OLTCC/OMA Zoom Town Hall, May 27, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020 Cumulative numbers; Military reporting; Systemic Failings; OLTCC Special COVID-19 meeting; Time for Action
Friday May 22, 2020 Current numbers; Temporal estimates; Managing Older Adults with COVID-19; Use of PPE; Cohorting; Town Hall Zoom Meeting May 28
Tuesday May 19, 2020 LTC Commission; OLTCC Virtual Conference 2020; Current outbreaks; Dementia risk factor; COVID-19 symptoms; Hydroxychloroquine
Friday May 15, 2020 Current cases; Staffing; Physician Burn-out; Safe Prescribing
Tuesday May 12, 2020 Current stats; Detection of COVID-19
Friday May 8, 2020 Approach to end-of-life care; Heart Failure Management; Optimizing diabetes management; Testing & Clearance Guidance; Clinician burn-out End of Life Care in COVID-19
Tuesday May 5, 2020 Current data; COVID-19 in weeks to come; Virtual visits and remote care; Salute to all front-line workers in LTC
Monday May 4, 2020 Outbreak update; Provincial Guidance Update; SpeakUp Ontario COVID-19 Provincial Guidance Update, May 2, 2020
Sunday May 3, 2020 Screening; Outbreaks in Homes; Choosing Wisely Virtual Gatherings
Saturday May 2, 2020 Long Term Care Cases; Remdesivir; Home in Kirkland, Washington
Thursday April 30, 2020 Current number; Success Stories
Wednesday April 29, 2020 Presenting signs; Treatment guidelines; COVID-19 in Older Adults; Journal of Clinical Imaging
Monday April 27, 2020 Systemic deficiencies; Front Line Workers hourly wage hike; Asymptomatic persons; Shortages of staff in LTC; Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmissions – Study
Sunday April 26, 2020 Palliative Care in Long Term Care during COVID-19
Saturday April 25, 2020 Dr. David Naylor reports on COVID-19; Characteristics and Comorbidities; COVID-19 Survey Link
Friday April 24, 2020 PHO Epidemiological Summary; Crucial gaps; Virtual Care Platforms
Thursday April 23, 2020 Targeted Interventions; Scrouge of COVID-19; Reduction of Inspections; LTCI Recommendations; Management of Heart Failure Webinar
Wednesday April 22, 2020 Update on Deaths; State of Emergency; Mortality rates in LTC; NSAIDs; Community use of face masks; Palliative Care
Monday April 20, 2020 COVID-19 Cases; Transitions between Nursing Homes and ED-Webinar today 3 pm; Virtual Care; Telemedicine
Sunday April 19, 2020 About Ventilators; Palliative Care and COVID-19 Forum; Consent and Capacity; SpeakUP Ontario Letter
Saturday April 18, 2020 Outbreak cases; Bed reconfigurations; Viral Load, Lancet - Mar 27; Germ defence; Dying process as a doctor, patient
Friday April 17, 2020 Ontario News Release, April 16; The Data Gap - Globe & Mail April 17; LTC Clinicians experiences (1) Outbreak Guidance for LTC Homes (2) LTCH-COVID EOL Order Set - Regional
Thursday April 16, 2020 Ontario Ramps up LTC Protection; WHO COVID-19 Strategy Update; CBC Corona Virus Tracker; OMA Virtual Care; Transitions between Nursing Homes & ED's webinar; Hospice Palliative Care & OMA Webinar
Wednesday April 15, 2020 Emergency Order re staffing; Chronic Understaffing; BPSD and COVID-19; Optiminzing Medication Management (1) Optimizing Medication; (2) BPSD - COVID-19
Tuesday April 14, 2020 Projected Number & Released Guidelines; COVID-19 Death Estimates; PPE, Personal Support Workers; National Advance Care Planning Day; Managing Resident Death (MRD) in LTC (1) MRDR Process Map; (2) Managing Resident Deaths & IPDR Form
Monday April 13, 2020 Managing Resident Deaths in LTC - begins April 14; Ontario CLRI; Echo info and online session info
Sunday April 12, 2020 Honour Guard; Managing Resident Deaths in LTC; Consent and CPR; Residents on Dialysis
Saturday April 11, 2020 Testing; Transfers; Managing Resident Deaths in LTC; Webinar Link (1) CPR Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Friday April 10, 2020 Ontario Health Testing Guidance Update; Medical Certificate of Death; Managing Resident Deaths in LTC Webinar Link (1) Guidance for Certfying COVID-19 Deaths;(2) COVID-19 Provincial Testing Guidance Update
Thursday April 9, 2020 Long Term Care and COVID-19 Town Hall Virtual Meeting; Managing Resident Death Report; Ontario Telemedicine Network and eConsult
Wednesday April 8, 2020 Patients from hospitals to LTC homes; Planning for Palliative Care Delivery; LTC Prophylaxis Trial; GeriMedRisk (1) Planning for Palliative Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tuesday April 7, 2020 PPE Shortage; Masking; Hospice Palliataive Care Ontario; Difficult Conversations; CPR in LTC (1) Recommended Guidelines - Pandemic Universal Masking
Monday April 6, 2020 "Steel Wall"; Speak Up Ontario Resouces
Sunday April 5, 2020 Projected cases; Modelling; Changes to ADP-funded Oxygen; OMA Information (1) Home Oxygen Therapy - Q&A
Saturday April 4, 2020 Keep Your Loved Ones in LTC; The Clinical Frality Score; Letter to Families (1) Using your Electronic Health Reacord for Virtual Care - Tip Sheet
Friday April 3, 2020 Projected cases; Death Toll Projections; Assure best possible Palliative Care; COVID-19 Survey (1) Sample Letter to Families; (2) Clinical Triage Protocol for Major Surge - COVID-19
Thursday April 2, 2020 Confirmed cases; Choosing Wisely Canada; COVID-19 Survey Information and link (1) Choosing Wisely - COVID-19 Recommendations
Wednesday April 1, 2020 Management of Outbreaks; COVID-19 and Certification of Death; OLTCC Board meeting discussion; Remote or Virtual Care (1) Coroner - Guidance for Certifying COVID-19
Tuesday March 31, 2020 Case Definition for COVID-19; New Directives; Provincial Geriatric Leadership Office (PGLO); Virtual Care (1) Case Definition report; (2) CMOH Directive #3
Monday March 30, 2020 Pinecrest Nursing Home; Temporary Emergency Order; Symptoms and Screening
Sunday March 29, 2020 Temporary Changes to the Long Term Care Homes Act; Emergency Order; Unprecedented Times; Letter to Minister Dr. Merrilee Fullerton
Saturday March 28, 2020 Worldwide Case numbers; Prevention and Control, PHO update; Swabing Video link; COVID-19 Inforamtion for LTC Residents and Families; Nursing Home Associated Pneumonia
Friday March 27, 2020 Prevalence in COVID-19; ED Transfers; Petition to Prime Minister Trudeau; Medication changes; Virtual Care Coding (1) Advanced Care Planning and Goals of Care; (2) COVID-19 Info for LTC Residents and Families
Thursday March 26, 2020 Stay at Home - LTC Physcians Commitment to Residents; Confirmed cases; Advanced Care Planning; Goals of Care Conversations; OMA Section for LTC and Care of the Elderly (1) Goals of Care Conversations
Wednesday March 25, 2020 Enhanced Measures to Protect the safety of Residents; Virtual care - eConsult (1) FAQ's - Econsult in LTC
Tuesday March 24, 2020 OMA Link; CPSO COVID-19 FAQ's; Keeping health care workers safe; Recommendations from the lens of Palliative care (1) Ontario News Release;(2) Symptom Management in the Frail Elderly
Monday March 23, 2020 Guiding Principles; COVID-19 Stats; Goals of Care Conversations; Cdn Health Network link (1) Goals of Care Conversations
Sunday March 22, 2020 Confirmed cases; Spread of COVID-19; Symptoms-Treatments; LTC Homes COVID-19 Guidance
Saturday March 21, 2020 SARS article; Virtual Care; Fee Code
Friday March 20, 2020 Public Health website; PPS; Emergency Federal Measures
Thursday March 19, 2020 CDC Morbidity & Mortality reports; Avoidable transfers,Anti-viral therapies; ACE2; Social distancing
Wednesday March 18, 2020 Cases, Visitor restrictions, Infection control precautions, CPSO FAQ link; ACE inhibitors or ARBs