Long Term Care Deaths

• Quebec seniors minister tells inquest that care homes knew how to manage COVID-19 outbreaks

  Marguerite Blais testified that in March 2020 she believed the long-term care network had strong infection-control practices.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2022
  
• Quebec ombudswoman calls for review of long-term care model after COVID-19 deaths 

  The report paints a picture of a health system that was thrown into chaos, resulting in improvised decisions, confusion around staffing, and a failure to properly apply directives.

  Health

  Nov 23, 2021
  
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• Quebec seniors minister won’t appear at inquest into COVID long-term care deaths due to illness

  Marguerite Blais is on medical leave and will be replaced at the hearings on Nov. 17 by Danielle McCann, the province's former health minister and now minister of higher education.

  Health

  Nov 8, 2021
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• Survey results that found LTC homes don’t provide safe care will shape new standards

  The survey was conducted by the National Institute on Aging and will inform the new national standards drafted by the National Long-Term Care Services Standard Technical Committee.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2021
• Canada’s COVID-19 death toll could be thousands higher than official count: report

  More than 6,000 deaths may have gone uncounted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and researchers think there could be even more.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2021
• Laval long-term care home plagued by staffing shortages during 1st COVID-19 wave, employee says

  The therapist, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, is testifying during hearings into the deaths at a long-term care facility in Montreal's northern suburb of Laval.

  Health

  Jun 21, 2021
• 60 per cent of all COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health were long-term care residents

  To date, 180 long-term care residents have contracted the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, as well as 60 staff members.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2021
• More than 40% of Saskatchewan COVID-19 deaths in care home settings

  Statistics provided by Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health show that of the 155 COVID-19-related deaths reported in the province in 2020, 65 were in care home settings.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2021
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• 3 new COVID-19 deaths at Vancouver long-term care home

  Providence Health Care posted an update Saturday stating it had confirmed three new cases of the virus, along with two new deaths at the Holy Family Hospital.

  Jul 4, 2020