Ontario Nursing Homes

• Hundreds of Ontario patients moved into nursing homes they didn’t choose

  There were 424 discharged patients who moved to a nursing home not of their choosing out of 20,261 patients who were moved to long-term care homes since the law came into force.

  Health

  Jun 12, 2024
  
• 99% of Ontario nursing homes now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms: minister

  Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents' rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement.

  Canada

  May 26, 2023
  
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• Ontario hospital leaders say new nursing home law could help free up beds

  Hospitals across Ontario can begin moving discharged patients awaiting long-term care into nursing homes not of their choosing.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2022
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• Families worry about loved ones’ fate under new Ontario hospital and nursing home law

  She says she's unsure what her sister's fate will be when she's ready to be discharged because she will likely need more help than her 83-year-old husband can provide.

  Health

  Sep 15, 2022
• Ontario government plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces

  The funding is part of a previously announced Ontario government commitment to add 30,000 new long-term care beds over a decade.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2021
• Coronavirus: Ontario nursing homes losing staff to Amazon and film industry, association says

  The Ontario Long-Term Care Association says the staffing crisis is worsening now that other industries need people like infection prevention and control specialists.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2021
• Commission flags poor oversight of Ontario nursing homes as COVID-19 deaths jump

  The interim report, which comes amid surging cases across Ontario, notes that 100 homes have seen an outbreak of the virus in the last six weeks, with 300 more deaths.

  Health

  Dec 4, 2020
• Coronavirus: Worker at long-care home where 53 people died speaks out

  A personal support worker at a long-term care home in the Greater Toronto Area where 53 residents died says the facility is not ready for a second wave of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2020
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• 271 coronavirus deaths could have been prevented by removing 4-bed care rooms, study suggests

  Nearly 1,000 infections and hundreds of deaths from COVID-19 could have been prevented at Ontario nursing homes if residents were placed in two-bed rooms instead of four-bed rooms.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2020
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• Who owns the 5 Ontario long-term care homes cited by military for extreme neglect, abuse?

  A report from Canada’s military detailed shocking allegations of neglect and abuse at five Ontario homes. Here is a look at who owns them.

  May 29, 2020