The Ontario government is considering adding former police or security officers to its inspection teams and toughening enforcement as part of its plan to improve…
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The association that represents Ontario’s not-for-profit long-term care homes is calling on the provincial government to mandate vaccines for the entire sector to “create a…
Canada’s for-profit long-term care and retirement home operators are the latest health organizations to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for staff. Read More Source: Visit the…
Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman is urging the government to legislate “a right to visit” for patients in long-term care homes and public hospitals. Read More Source:…
The rise of a new, more transmissible COVID-19 variant in Ontario is adding urgency to the push for higher vaccination rates among long-term care home…
Three fully vaccinated residents of an Ottawa long-term care home have died of COVID-19 in recent weeks, the company that operates the long-term care home…
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be limited to people over the age of 30 who don’t want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, the…
Ontario long-term care homes and the provincial ministry that oversees them were not sufficiently prepared or equipped to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in an…
The definition of “outbreak” in long-term care homes will change starting Wednesday, moving from one case to two or more lab-confirmed cases. Read More Source:…
The process of building nation-wide standards for long-term care homes was launched on Tuesday. Read More Source: Visit the Ottawa Citizen for more!