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A draft of updated recommendations to improve care provided by nursing homes was unveiled Thursday and will now undergo a 60-day public review.

There are communities revolutionizing dementia care as we know it — allowing those living with dementia to roam freely and live their lives.

From living alone to being confined in homes, the pandemic has also brought up important conversations on how seniors in Canada socialize and how long-term care needs to change.

A report from Canada’s military detailed shocking allegations of neglect and abuse at five Ontario homes. Here is a look at who owns them.

No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home.

Ontario has announced a suite of changes in an effort to help stabilize the health-care system. Here's a look at some of the measures.

The new long-term care facility is adding 35 new beds to Lunenburg County, as the current Mahone Bay nursing Home has a capacity of 61. 

In his untested claim against Sienna Senior Living, Chris Leedham alleges he was terminated after he raised concerns about the mistreatment of residents.

The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul have unveiled more detailed plans to transform their property at 1200 Princess St. into a 'village' community.

Experts say poverty and stress are making people sicker, and driving a lot of Canadians with disabilities to consider ending their lives.

When Barbara Heuman could only see her husband through the window of a long-term care home, she began the process of bringing him home.

Advocates allege in a lawsuit that a controversial Ontario long-term care law violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer's online persona is in stark contrast to the picture police have painted of the 49-year-old Woodstock, Ont., nurse, who faces eight charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of former patients under her care.

Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents' rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement.

A new survey conducted by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) has found that over 75 per cent of Canada's nurses are "burnt out." 

According to a study released last year, PSWs in Ontario long-term care homes make an average hourly wage of $22.69, compared a $17.30 hourly rate paid to home care PSWs.

A new program by the federal government has the first wave set to be rolled out by December. A seniors group is New Brunswick is making the call for more supports immediately.

The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children opened on June 6, 1921, and has since been torn down, but a new replica home is being built to support the community.

The Ontario Nurses' Association says it estimates the province is short approximately 30,000 nurses in hospitals and home care settings and calls on the government to do more.