Yesterday I went to pick up my dog from the babysitter at 11:30pm. Her 87 year old Polish mother was watching Rambo on TV. just throwing that out there. #rambo#oldladies
@talk2oleary If I didn’t book my mom’s vaccine appointment and my husband didn’t book one for his mom, there is NO WAY either of them (83 and 80) would have been able to do it on their own. How many 80+ will wait months because there’s nobody to help them? 😔
5/6
This age range needs help. They don't all have access to people to help them. I was told I would get 3 days training. I got 2 and a half hours of the worst training of my life. Don't the public deserve to know how the rollout is a disgrace and will be a failure?
4/6
The Vaccination Booking Line times out after 10 mins. Have you ever asked a person over 80 when they are available for an appt now and again in 3 months? They need time, patience, glasses , diaries, calendars. They need an email address to book or definitely a cell phone.
3/6
had no idea how to help old people who are not ambulatory. It was a nightmare. They got no help but only told to look it up in their training manual as their clients were on hold. Nobody could transfer anyone to a PHU. It was an abject failure.
2/6
I never received the laptop and hardware and have not still. It took me 3 hours to set up my personal laptop just to see if I could. I then watched the chat all day from the agents as they could not book, couldn't help, couldn't look people up,
Vax booking: A person employed by the #Ontario govt wants to share this because they’re concerned for the health of seniors.
1/6
I was hired by the Ontario govt to work on the Vaccination Info and Booking lines. I had a 2 and a half hour training. I was expected to start today.
One of my group members, the incredible 94 year old Rosemary Graydon, wrote this the other day. It’s called “COVID 19”. And with her permission, I am sharing it. From the perspective of an older adult living in a retirement home during the pandemic. Very moving. I hope you enjoy!
There it is! I’m getting the vaccine tomorrow at 7:30pm! I’m very nervous but I know it’s necessary and I’m so grateful to be among the first group of front line workers to receive it! Now I can feel a huge weight lifted off of me when I work with all my besties. #covidvaccine
Somehow, (because I had to), I made it 18 days between the end of CERB & the start of CRB. No matter what your politics are, I think we can all admit we have to do better - income insecurity is a thing. There are no bootstraps,& the “rules” need to be thrown out. #BasicIncome