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Ontario long-term care patients can be transferred 150 kilometres away under new rules
The peopleCare Oakcrossing long term care home in London, Ont., is photographed on Mar 24, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. Owned by Schlegel Villages (based in Waterloo, Ont., this long term care home has 160 beds.
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'It’s community that she misses': Nunavut elders face growing old far from home
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carrick on money
Man spends $1-million so wife with dementia can live at home
Rob Carrick
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Ontario pledges more nurses, long-term care beds and support for highways in economic update
The Ontario provincial legislature building in Toronto.
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Ontario long-term care homes could face $1-million fines under proposed legislation to improve accountability
FILE PHOTO: Protesters stand outside a long term care home during a rally to demand the facility invest more on resident care and staff safety amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Ontario to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for long-term care staff by Nov. 15
A man takes a walk outside the Seven Oaks Long-Term Care Home in Toronto on Thursday, June 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
investigation
Canadians died of COVID-19 in long-term care by the thousands. So why are there so few coroners’ reports?
report on business
Chartwell hikes executive bonuses, gives high marks for pandemic response
The Chartwell entrance of two senior home residences, Friday, July 10, 2020 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Coroner’s inquest details chaos at Quebec retirement home during first wave of pandemic
Flowers are shown outside Maison Herron, a long term care home in the Montreal suburb of Dorval on April 12, 2020, as COVID-19 cases rise in Canada and around the world. A report into a private long-term care home in suburban Montreal where dozens residents died in March and April during the coronavirus pandemic has accused the owners of organizational negligence. The Quebec government released the investigation into the Residence Herron today, as well as a separate report for a public long-term care home in Laval where 100 people died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
politics
Universal basic income among policies to be debated at Liberal policy convention
Justin Trudeau's, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, image appears on a screen as supporters applaud his speech at the convention of the Liberal Party of Canada in Mississaugua, Ontario on Friday April, 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
opinion
Federalism can help end Canada’s long-term care crisis
Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
canada
Quebec nursing home resident’s care level lowered without approval, inquest hears
The hand of a resident is seen before she receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the EHPAD (care home and day centre for elderly people) operated by DomusVi in Asnieres-sur-Seine, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in France, January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
opinion
Health and long-term care workers who decline vaccination should be put on unpaid leave
Robyn Urback
canada
Families reach $5.5-million settlement in lawsuit against Montreal-area long-term care home
The Herron private nursing home, in Dorval, Que., on April 16, 2020.
first person
Mom survived a year in long-term care but this home is not where her heart is
opinion
A prescription for fixing elder care? Australia has already written the script
André Picard
canada
Lack of medical care contributed to nursing home deaths in first wave of COVID-19: report
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 16, 2020 shows flowers outside the Herron private nursing home in Dorval, west of Montreal. - A group of Canadian media outlets pushed authorities in Canada's Quebec province on January 26, 2021 and care homes. In an open letter to Quebec authorities, 19 French-language broadcasters and publications said access requests for facilities hit by the virus had mainly been rejected. (Photo by Eric THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by ERIC THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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COVID-19 variant-driven third wave hits middle-aged adults hard
People line up at a COVID-19 testing clinic in Montreal, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Experts with Quebec's public health institute say more transmissible COVID-19 variants will represent the majority of cases by the first week of April. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Poor training and staffing shortages plagued Quebec long-term care home where 22 died, coroner’s inquest hears
The former Herron seniors residence, which was one of the hardest hit during the first wave of the pandemic, is seen Monday, February 15, 2021 in Montreal. Hearings for the Quebec coroner's public inquiry begin Monday into deaths that occurred in nursing homes and other seniors' residences during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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What a Quebec nursing home changed to protect residents after 108 of them died last year
A health-care worker brings supplies into the Centre d'hebergement Sainte-Dorothee, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in Laval Que. The residence has reported more than 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
canada
B.C. opens way to social closeness at LTC homes while other provinces review isolation policies
Doctor Meera Jayarajan and nurse Kevin Sagun from Humber River Hospital administer the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to residents at a Toronto Community Housing seniors building in the northwest end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Ontario budget includes billions of dollars to continue the fight against COVID-19
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy arrives in the Ontario Legislature in Toronto with Premier Doug Ford to deliver the Provincial Budget on Wednesday March 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
world
‘We need to take this seriously’: Study finds long-term symptoms in people who had only mild COVID-19
A sign lists symptoms that would require a rescheduled appointment at a COVID-19 mass vaccination site, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
politics
NDP tabling motion calling for elimination of for-profit long-term care by 2030
Flowers are shown outside Maison Herron, a long term care home in the Montreal suburb of Dorval on April 12, 2020, as COVID-19 cases rise in Canada and around the world. A report into a private long-term care home in suburban Montreal where dozens residents died in March and April during the coronavirus pandemic has accused the owners of organizational negligence. The Quebec government released the investigation into the Residence Herron today, as well as a separate report for a public long-term care home in Laval where 100 people died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
canada
COVID-19 vaccines bring relief to Quebec’s care homes, but normalcy is still some time away
A resident watches television at CHSLD Rose de Lima seniors residence Friday, March 12, 2021 in Laval, Quebec. Almost all of the residents in Quebec senior residences have received at least their first Covid-19 vaccination shot.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
british columbia
COVID-19 outbreak at British Columbia long-term care home includes vaccinated residents
Isobel Mackenzie speaks during a press conference at the provincial government offices in Vancouver, B.C., on March 19, 2014.
canada
Long-term care homes in Ontario are losing staff to other industries, association says
A door to the Norwood Nursing Home, in Toronto, on Sept. 28, 2020.
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Staffing shortages, absentee leaders linked to high mortality in Ontario long-term care homes
A healthcare worker leaves after finishing her shift for the day at the Eatonville Care Centre in Toronto, Friday, April 24, 2020. Staffing shortages and an absentee medical director are the two major components associated with both higher mortality and severity of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario's long-term care homes, an independent commission heard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
The way we’ve treated seniors during the pandemic is shameful
Sandra Martin
british columbia
B.C. government won’t release Telus contract on COVID-19 vaccine appointment call centres
Dr. Bonnie Henry talks about phase two in B.C.'s COVID-19 immunization plan as Premier John Horgan and Minister Arian Dix look on during a press conference at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
canada
COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario long-term care homes have saved hundreds of lives, report says
A COVID-19 vaccine is prepared to be administered at in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout to prioritize long-term care residents would prevent a projected 115 deaths and hundreds more cases, a new report says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
canada
Community group to gain control of nursing home for Korean seniors
Sandra Kang, holding a photo of her grandfather, Jong Kil Kim, poses for a portrait in front of her home in Toronto, Thursday, December 10, 2020. Kang started a petition to oppose the purchase of The Rose of Sharon Korean Long Term Care Home, where her grandfather resides, by Rykka, a for-profit company that owns nursing homes hit hard by the coronavirus. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
alberta
COVID-19 outbreak at Edmonton seniors’ residence involving variant grows to 36 cases
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks during a news conference in Edmonton on Feb. 24, 2020. It’s budget day in the province, and Kenney’s United Conservative government is promising more help in the fight against COVID, but more red ink on the bottom line. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
book review
André Picard’s new book Neglected No More examines the disorganization of eldercare in Canada
Globe and Mail business journalist Andre Picard poses in the Montreal offices on September 6, 2012. For Promotions (Christinne Muschi for The Globe and Mail)
canada
COVID-19 hit long-term care homes harder in second wave
FILE PHOTO: A woman is placed in an ambulance outside the Sienna St. George long term care home (at rear) as frontline care workers and their union, SEIU Healthcare, hold a rally to demand that Sienna Senior Living invest more on resident care and staff safety amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo