Ontario Long-Term Care

• Ottawa personal support worker charged with assault of long term care home resident

  Ottawa police say family members noticed "unexplained bruising" on the body of an 87-year-old woman, so they put a camera in her room at the facility.

  Crime

  Apr 21
  
• Ontario adding, upgrading new long-term care beds in Lindsay, Cannington

  Omni Healthcare plans to build a new long-term care building in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

  Politics

  Apr 7
  
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• Ontario long-term care insurance policies skyrocket due to COVID 19

  "It was an industry-wide decision that insurance companies have made. We renewed our insurance policy and that's what the premiums are this year."

  Canada

  Apr 6
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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
• Many Ontario long-term care homes keeping COVID vaccine mandates as province lifts policy

  Vaccination against COVID-19 will still be required for employees at many Ontario long-term care homes even though the province has lifted its official mandate for the sector.

  Health

  Mar 14
• Long-term care homes to be built on site of former driving range in Mississauga

  Two long-term care homes will be built at the site of a former driving range in Mississauga.

  Canada

  Mar 8
• Ontario reviewing COVID vaccine mandate for long-term care workers, minister says

  Paul Calandra says the rule is being looked at as the government reviews all of its sector-specific vaccination policies and other pandemic measures.

  Health

  Feb 24
• Fewer Ontario long-term care home deaths during Omicron wave despite high infections

  Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have third or fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during the Omicron wave.

  Health

  Feb 23
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• Ontario adding new long-term care beds to Extendicare Haliburton: MPP

  The Ontario government is adding 68 new and 60 upgraded long-term care beds to a new building for Extendicare Haliburton

  Health

  Feb 15
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• Ontario announces approvals for 747 new, modernized long-term care beds in Hamilton

  When combined with six previously approved long-term care projects, Calandra added there are now 1,735 new or upgraded beds in development or in the pipeline in Hamilton.

  Politics

  Feb 9