Ontario Long-term Care Home

• 94-year-old woman dies after incident with another resident at Ontario long-term care home

  Police say homicide detectives are investigating an incident involving a 94-year-old woman and another resident at a long-term care home in Whitby, Ont.

  Crime

  Jan 23, 2024
  
• No fines issued by hospitals under Ontario’s new long-term care law: province, OHA

  No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2023
  
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• Chartwell Retirement Residences selling 16 Ontario long-term care homes

  Chartwell CEO Vlad Volodarski says the sale is part of the company's plan to focus on its growing retirement business.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
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• Province aims to add 2,000 more nurses in Ontario’s long term care home sector

  Rod Phillips says it will support Ontario's commitment to increasing direct care for long-term care residents to four hours a day, on average.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2021
• Ontario fiscal watchdog says province 2 years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024

  The Financial Accountability Office says the new report is based on the province's 2021-22 expenditure estimates.

  Health

  May 26, 2021
• ‘It’s beyond appalling:’ Ontario long-term care residents plead for release from COVID-19 confinement

  Many say they've been confined to their rooms or floors since the pandemic began more than a year ago.

  Health

  Mar 30, 2021
• Coronavirus vaccinations in Ontario long-term care homes saved hundreds of lives: report

  Science experts advising the Ontario government say COVID-19 vaccinations in the province's long-term care homes have saved hundreds of lives and prevented thousands of infections.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2021
• Coronavirus: Hamilton-area long term care home closes 2 units due to outbreak

  St. Joseph's Villa in Dundas, Ont., says the outbreak is in the Birch and Balsam Trail units in its North Tower.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2020
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• Coronavirus: 2 more residents, 1 staffer test positive at Simcoe Manor nursing home

  More than 70 residents and staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the Beeton, Ont., long-term care facility. Ten residents have died.

  Health

  Nov 3, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Families accuse Ontario long-term care home of denying loved ones hospital trips

  Two people whose family members contracted COVID-19 at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont. allege they hit resistance when they tried to get their loved ones the care they needed.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2020