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Over 150 cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Mississauga LTC home

A long-term care home in Mississauga has seen 171 cases of COVID-19 between residents and staff since the start of an outbreak two weeks ago. There are currently 58 active cases among staff at  and 30...

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Visit restrictions contributed to depression among care home residents: doctor

A plastic barrier sits on a table between Debbie Drew and her father during their visits in the reception area of a long-term care home where the first Canadian died of COVID-19. Nine months later,...

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One third of Ontario’s long term care homes experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19

A third of Ontario’s long-term care homes are reporting COVID-19 outbreaks, marking a new record for the province, as advocates say spread among staff has forced some facilities to seek new sources of...

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Jagmeet Singh calls for end to for-profit LTC homes at St. George centre rally

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it’s time to end for-profit long-term care homes in Ontario. Singh made the comments Sunday afternoon during a rally outside of Toronto’s St. George Community Care...

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Two Toronto area seniors homes limit visits from Barrie over COVID-19 variant...

Two Toronto-area retirement homes imposed restrictions on visitors coming from an Ontario region at the centre of a more potent COVID-19 outbreak over the weekend as officials in another district said...

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COVID-19 variant case reported at city-run LTC home in Davenport neighbourhood

Toronto Public Health has confirmed its first case of a COVID-19 variant within a city-run long term care home. The individual is an employee at Castleview Wychwood towers but the city says the...

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PSW pay gap hurts home care services, advocate group says, calls for more...

TORONTO — Ontario’s drive to bolster staffing in long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19 is leading to “destabilization” of the province’s home care labour force, a group representing providers said...

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COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario long-term care homes saved hundreds of...

Science experts advising the Ontario government say COVID-19 vaccinations in the province’s long-term care homes have saved hundreds of lives and prevented thousands of infections. The Ontario COVID-19...

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Ontario long-term care COVID-19 commission to deliver final report to province

Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission is to submit its final report to the provincial government today. The commission has examined what went wrong in the province’s response to the first wave...

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Families want visitor rules relaxed in highly vaccinated Ontario long-term...

TORONTO — Esther Hladkowicz longs to have a proper visit with her father. Waving to him through a window at his Ottawa long-term care home is the closest she’s got to him since September and she says...

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Fully vaccinated staff, caregivers, visitors to LTC homes won’t need COVID-19...

Starting Friday, fully vaccinated and asymptomatic staff, caregivers, and visitors won’t have to be tested for COVID-19 before entering a long-term care home in Ontario. The Ministry of Long-Term Care...

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Downtown long-term care home sees outbreak of COVID-19

A downtown long-term care home on Sherbourne at Wellesley is the latest facility to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. More than 100 of the 250 residents at Fudger House have tested positive for the...

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Speed up vaccine rollout to LTC homes to prevent deaths, cases: advisory...

TORONTO — Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout on long-term care residents would prevent 115 deaths and hundreds more cases by the end of March, according to modelling done by an expert team...

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National survey results to inform new standards for long-term care

OTTAWA — Residents should feel at home, respected, and safe in long-term care but the current reality doesn’t come close, says a survey that will inform new national standards of care. The survey was...

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Canadian Armed Forces medical personnel stretched to the limit

The Canadian Armed Forces is suggesting it has little to offer provincial health care systems overwhelmed by the Omicron variant as its own medical personnel are being stretched to the limit. A growing...

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