Long-Term Care System Failures
Systemic failures in long-term care homes led to thousands of deaths during COVID-19, with promised reforms remaining largely unimplemented.
🏥 An in effect Healthcare policy from April 2020 · Bill 218 · Well sourced · Also seen in AB, NS
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"Fixing Long-Term Care"
Ontario is building 30,000 new long-term care beds and investing in staffing to improve quality of care for seniors.
"Our government won't accept the status quo in long-term care."
— Doug Ford, long-term care staffing plan announcement, 2020
"Shielding Negligent Operators"
After 4,000+ LTC residents died in the pandemic — with military reports documenting horrific neglect — the government passed Bill 218 to retroactively shield operators from lawsuits and continued to award licenses to for-profit chains with the worst death rates.
- 4,000+ LTC residents died of COVID-19 — deadliest sector in Canadasource
- For-profit homes had 78% more COVID deaths than non-profits (CMAJ study)source
- Bill 218 retroactively protected operators from negligence lawsuitssource
- New bed licenses disproportionately awarded to for-profit operatorssource
This section represents editorial interpretation of documented evidence.
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