Long Term Care Homes

• Ontario may not meet LTC direct care target due to staff shortages: document

  There is a "systemic shortage of nurses" across all sectors, according to a briefing document for Long-Term Care Minister Stan Cho when he took over the file in September. 

  Health

  Apr 16
  
• Ontario won’t divulge fines for hospital patients refusing LTC transfers

  Ontario is refusing to divulge the amount of money that seven patients have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.

  Politics

  Apr 11
  
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• ‘I’m not paying it’: Ontario family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC

  Campeau chose neither – the family has been racking up a monster bill since March 11 that remains unpaid while her mother has stayed on at a Windsor, Ont., hospital. 

  Health

  Apr 10
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• Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules

  Villa Colombo's programming is done in Italian, and many of the new residents don't speak Italian or even English, said executive director Lisa Alcia. 

  Health

  Apr 4
• Ontario hospitals, LTC homes spent nearly $1B on agency staff last year

  Hospitals and long-term care homes spent nearly $1 billion last year to fill shifts with nurses and personal support workers from private staffing agencies.

  Health

  Mar 25
• Are current cooling standards in long-term care enough? Advocates say no

  Seniors' advocates are raising concerns about a lack of federal funding and clear and consistent mandates needed to keep residents in long-term care homes cool this summer.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2023
• 6 new long-term care homes slated to open in Halifax in 2025

  Construction is starting on six new long-term care homes, which are scheduled to open in the Halifax area in 2025. They will provide living spaces for more that 700 seniors.

  Canada

  May 17, 2023
• No fines issued by hospitals under Ontario’s new long-term care law: province, OHA

  No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2023
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• As B.C. waitlist continues to grow, 240-bed long-term care home confirmed for Vancouver

  The 13-storey St. Vincent's Heather home in Vancouver is now in the procurement phase with construction expected to be completed by fall of 2028.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Ontario says it has doubled number of long-term care home inspectors

  The province says the hiring of 193 new long-term care inspection staff, including 156 inspectors, is part of a three-year $72.3 million investment.

  Health

  Feb 24, 2023