Quebec Long-term Care Homes

• ‘I’m still mad’: Class action OK’d for COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec LTC homes

  A Quebec judge authorized a class action suit Monday, allowing long-term care residents and their families to seek damages from the province over its initial response to COVID-19.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2024
  
• Quebec delayed preparation for COVID-19 in care homes, leading to deaths: lawsuit

  A Montreal lawyer says that Quebec's COVID-19 response in long-term care homes was marked by improvisation and that a pre-existing pandemic plan was ignored until it was too late.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2023
  
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• Montreal long-term care homes placed under trusteeship amid investigation into allegations

  The long-term care homes will be put under trusteeship for 180 days following an administrative investigation into the situation that began in August.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2022
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• Quebec allowing 4 people per room in long-term care homes, against coroner’s recommendations

  The decision is in conflict with a recommendation by a coroner who investigated the high death toll in the province's long-term care homes during the first wave of the pandemic.

  Health

  Aug 22, 2022
• Ottawa announces $221M for Quebec’s long-term care homes

  Quebec's long-term care homes were particularly hard-hit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost 4,000 deaths between March 2020 and June 2020.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2022
• Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in first wave of COVID-19

  The provincial government, the local health authority and the owners of the Herron care home 'passed the ball around' while residents were left to die, according to Géhane Kamel.

  Health

  May 19, 2022
• Alleged mistreatment of temporary foreign workers in Quebec prompts calls for change

  The Immigrant Workers Centre is calling for the end of closed work permits after allegations of abuse of foreign temporary workers at Quebec seniors homes.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2022
• As COVID-19 swept through Montreal long-term care home, owners called for help out of desperation

  The pair of recordings from the owners of the Herron private care home, where 47 people died in spring 2020, were entered into evidence for the coroner's inquest.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2022
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• Quebec seniors home investigated for alleged mistreatment of workers from Africa

  Quebec's labour minister says an investigation is underway into allegations that a private seniors residence paid workers from Africa just $70 a week to work as orderlies.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2022
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• Calls grow to shorten COVID-19 isolation for Quebec seniors in care homes

  'We need to worry about the adverse effects of isolation measures.'

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022