Quebec Long-term Care Homes
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‘I’m still mad’: Class action OK’d for COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec LTC homesA 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.CanadaJan 23
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Quebec delayed preparation for COVID-19 in care homes, leading to deaths: lawsuitA 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.HealthSep 18, 2023
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Montreal long-term care homes placed under trusteeship amid investigation into allegationsThe long-term care homes will be put under trusteeship for 180 days following an administrative investigation into the situation that began in August.CanadaSep 1, 2022
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Quebec allowing 4 people per room in long-term care homes, against coroner’s recommendationsThe 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.HealthAug 22, 2022
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Ottawa announces $221M for Quebec’s long-term care homesQuebec'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.HealthJun 27, 2022
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Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in first wave of COVID-19The 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.HealthMay 19, 2022
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Alleged mistreatment of temporary foreign workers in Quebec prompts calls for changeThe Immigrant Workers Centre is calling for the end of closed work permits after allegations of abuse of foreign temporary workers at Quebec seniors homes.CanadaApr 10, 2022
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As COVID-19 swept through Montreal long-term care home, owners called for help out of desperationThe 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.HealthApr 6, 2022
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Quebec seniors home investigated for alleged mistreatment of workers from AfricaQuebec'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.HealthMar 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.'HealthJan 20, 2022
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