Long Term Care Homes

• Ontario proposes fix to issue of dwindling long-term care cultural admissions

  Ontario is proposing a pilot project to tweak long-term care priority rules in order to address a problem of declining and mismatched admissions to the province's cultural homes.

  Canada

  Nov 19
  
• Ontario family receives massive hospital bill as part of LTC law, refuses to pay

  An Ontario woman has received an $8,400 bill from a Windsor hospital after she refused to put her mother in a nursing home she hated – she says she has no intention of paying it. 

  Health

  May 9
  
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• 2 Ontario LTC homes closing in part due to requirement for sprinkler system

  There's no doubt that fire safety is important, but losing long-term care spaces at a time of such critical need doesn't make sense, said Lisa Sharp.

  Canada

  May 3
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• Ontario may not meet LTC direct care target due to staff shortages: document

  There is a "systemic shortage of nurses" across all sectors, according to a briefing document for Long-Term Care Minister Stan Cho when he took over the file in September. 

  Health

  Apr 16
• Ontario won’t divulge fines for hospital patients refusing LTC transfers

  Ontario is refusing to divulge the amount of money that seven patients have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.

  Politics

  Apr 11
• ‘I’m not paying it’: Ontario family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC

  Campeau chose neither – the family has been racking up a monster bill since March 11 that remains unpaid while her mother has stayed on at a Windsor, Ont., hospital. 

  Health

  Apr 10
• Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules

  Villa Colombo's programming is done in Italian, and many of the new residents don't speak Italian or even English, said executive director Lisa Alcia. 

  Health

  Apr 4
• Ontario hospitals, LTC homes spent nearly $1B on agency staff last year

  Hospitals and long-term care homes spent nearly $1 billion last year to fill shifts with nurses and personal support workers from private staffing agencies.

  Health

  Mar 25
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• Are current cooling standards in long-term care enough? Advocates say no

  Seniors' advocates are raising concerns about a lack of federal funding and clear and consistent mandates needed to keep residents in long-term care homes cool this summer.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2023
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• 6 new long-term care homes slated to open in Halifax in 2025

  Construction is starting on six new long-term care homes, which are scheduled to open in the Halifax area in 2025. They will provide living spaces for more that 700 seniors.

  Canada

  May 17, 2023