Long-term Care

• Ontario unveils 17 long-term care homes to get specialized dementia care funding

  On Tuesday, Long-Term Care Minister Natalia Kusendova-Bashta confirmed the $9 million program, first announced last year, would begin rolling out.

  Health

  Feb 24
  
• Edmonton General care home battling mice infestation, droppings

  The operator of one of the province’s largest long-term care homes says it's working to address serious concerns about an infestation of mice and mice droppings.

  Health

  Jan 23
  
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• B.C. reaches transition agreement with long-term care, assisted living workers

  The agreement affects workers at more than 100 facilities that are part of the Health Employers Association of B.C., which receives at least half its funding from the province.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2025
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• 2 Calgary families raise concerns over treatment in care homes

  Two separate Calgary-area families are raising concerns about the way they say their mothers have been treated at two different care facilities.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2025
• Ontario announces incentives of $25K-plus for nurses to commit to long-term care

  Ontario is launching programs it says could attract as many as 8,000 nurses to work in long-term care. One program will offer $25,000 to nurses who make two-year commitments.

  Politics

  Nov 12, 2025
• Ontario launches pilot to let seniors living at home use LTC resources

  The pilot will run over two years at a cost of $15 million to see if it can create more options to stay at home and alleviate pressure on the long-term care list.

  Politics

  Sep 5, 2025
• Ford promised a northern town new LTC beds. They’re moving forward 7 years later

  Sioux Lookout, located roughly four hours north of Thunder Bay, was promised new long-term care beds by Ford and then-Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne during the 2018 election.

  Health

  Aug 21, 2025
• ‘Long-term care is hiring’: Ford government weighs incentives to attract PSWs

  Minister Natalia Kusendova-Bashta said her ministry is looking at what it can do to attract new long-term care workers to help meet care standards and staff new facilities.

  Health

  Aug 19, 2025
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• Ontario adds thousands of new nursing places at colleges, universities

  Ontario unveiled $56.8 million to add new nursing education spots in the province, at least partly to accommodate its ongoing expansion of long-term care homes.

  Politics

  Aug 6, 2025
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• Ontario makes paramedic program caring for seniors permanent after successful pilot

  On Tuesday, Ontario announced it would be spending $89 million to turn the 2020 pilot, which served roughly 81,000 people, into a full-time offering. 

  Health

  Aug 5, 2025