ontario nursing homes

• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Family surprised to find apparent details of mother’s death in military nursing home report

  The daughter and son of June Bendell said they didn't know their mother had choked to death while being fed lying down until the Canadian Forces reported it.

  Canada

  May 27, 2020
• Family takes on Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care at Human Rights Tribunal

  A case before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario accuses the province's Ministry of Long-Term Care of not enforcing the law in relation to a Paris, Ont., home.

  News

  Jan 7, 2020
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• Peterborough long-term care workers make final push for law to protect seniors

  Personal support worker Andrea Legault explains the state of care in the Peterborough, Ont., nursing home in which she works.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2017