Ontario long-term care homes could soon have nurse practitioners overseeing residents’ medical care instead of physicians, a move applauded by nurses and the homes but not […]
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Ontario missed interim target for providing hands-on care to long-term care residents
Ontario failed to meet its own legislated target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a […]
Ontario proposes fix to issue of dwindling long-term care cultural admissions
Ontario is proposing a pilot project to tweak long-term care priority rules in order to address a problem of declining and mismatched admissions to the province’s […]
Ontario family receives massive hospital bill as part of LTC law, refuses to pay
A southwestern Ontario woman has received an $8,400 bill from a hospital in Windsor, Ont., after she refused to put her mother in a nursing home she […]
2 Ontario LTC homes closing in part due to requirement for sprinkler system
Residents of a Guelph, Ont., long-term care home and their loved ones are shocked and afraid, says a representative of the families, after the home […]
Ontario may not meet LTC direct care target due to staff shortages: document
Difficulties hiring and retaining enough nurses and personal support workers for long-term care homes could mean the Ontario government may not meet its target for the amount […]
Ontario won’t divulge fines for hospital patients refusing LTC transfers
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 11, 2024 3:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Health Minister Sylvia […]
‘I’m not paying it’: Ontario family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC
A few weeks ago, Michele Campeau faced what seemed like an impossible decision: move her mom from a hospital bed to a long-term care home […]
Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules
In an Italian long-term care home in Toronto, about three new non-Italian residents are admitted each month due to government changes to priority rules, leaving […]