Experts say there is a need for greater urgency to vaccinate residents and staff, as long-term care facilities continue to see outbreaks.

Researchers say the staffing crisis should be the immediate priority, but a long-term plan needs to involve ambitious and bold reforms, not simply tweaks.

Ontario's long-term care homes are having trouble securing liability insurance for COVID-19, a situation that could force some of them to close, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the province's homes says.

Inspection reports show an Ontario long-term care home where a former nurse is accused of killing seven seniors was taken to task by the province for dozens of "medication incidents" just before it was ordered to stop admitting patients.