Long-term Care
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Honouring a health-care hero as Manitoba marks 1,000 COVID-19 deathsThis is the story of a couple who died of COVID-19, as told by a health-care worker who was close friends with them and stepped up when the family needed it most.CanadaMay 13
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Lennox and Addington County seeks paramedicine funding from provinceLennox and Addington County say they will have to cancel its newly established paramedicine program if it does not receive funding from the province.CanadaMay 13
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Health-care experts speak out following claims from families of Maimonides residents"Every worker was actually working at the limit of the norms," one professor said.HealthMay 12
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Toronto-area LTC residents died of ‘dehydration and malnourishment,’ new military documents revealResidents at two long-term care homes in the Toronto area died of dehydration and neglect during outbreaks last spring, newly-obtained Canadian military documents reveal.HealthMay 10
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Cups of kindness: Nova Scotia Girl Guides serve teacup planters to nursing homes for Mother’s DayThe 4th Bedford Brownies delivered more than 70 teacup planters to nursing home residents in the Halifax-area as a "surprise" gift on Mother's Day.CanadaMay 9
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COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 1 more death at special care homeA fourth person has died of COVID-19 at the Pavillon Beau-Lieu special care home this week.CanadaMay 6
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Families, experts say Ontario long-term care report shows pandemic lessons can’t be ignoredThe commission found the neglected sector to be thoroughly unprepared for the COVID-19 crisis, despite numerous past reviews.HealthMay 1
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Internal SHA report shows failure to act on Extendicare Parkside, according to Saskatchewan NDPThe Saskatchewan NDP revealed a report that says Extendicare Parkside employees were being 'harassed' by the employer if they were COVID-19 symptomatic and needed to stay home.PoliticsApr 27
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‘Life doesn’t end when you enter long-term care’: Residents complete book trilogy during COVID-19The trio began writing together in 2018, unaware the fictional world they were creating would become a place of refuge from the frightening reality that would surround them in 2020CanadaApr 27
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London, Ont., man awed by support for hockey stick flags funding son’s futureSmith says his phone started 'blowing up' and he went from having three hockey sticks last week to roughly 1,000 in his garage now as well as a long list of orders to fill.CanadaApr 27
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