TORONTO A Toronto long-term care doctor is calling on the military to help support a Scarborough nursing home battling a massive COVID-19 outbreak. Scarborough s Tendercare Living Centre houses 254 residents, and as of Tuesday morning, nearly half have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the latest provincial numbers, 118 residents and 47 staff members have tested positive for the virus, while 21 residents have died. We need to think outside the box, and if it means getting the military involved again, to help them, that probably should happen now, Dr. Silvy Mathew said. The Toronto doctor isn t on staff at Tendercare, but she spent five hours there on Sunday after an appeal went out to long-term care physicians. Mathew calls the situation in the home dire, saying residents need help now, if fatalities are to be prevented.
Ontarioâs Long-Term Care Interventions Came âPerilously Lateâ: Report
âThereâs just massive scores of homes with large outbreaks with no interventions at all.â
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Fifty crosses have appeared on the side lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont. on May 10, 2020.
The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care acted âperilously lateâ and âunderusedâ its powers to mandate takeovers of long-term care homes during the pandemic, according to a new report.
As of Dec. 3, the ministry had issued at least six mandatory management orders and 14 voluntary contracts to homes that needed more support managing a COVID-19 outbreak.
| Updated December 18, 2020
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Fifty crosses have appeared on the side lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont. on May 10, 2020.
The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care acted “perilously late” and “underused” its powers to mandate takeovers of long-term care homes during the pandemic, according to a new report.
As of Dec. 3, the ministry had issued at least six mandatory management orders and 14 voluntary contracts to homes that needed more support managing a COVID-19 outbreak.
A voluntary agreement where a home makes a contract with a hospital allows for the hospital to provide additional support, though at the control of the facility’s potentially negligent management, Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) said at a Thursday press conference.
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Daughter says trust has been destroyed after violations at mother’s long-term care home
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0:57Stephanie Kocielski, whose mother lives at the Madonna Care Community, says a staff member caught abusing her mother was allowed to continue working with her for another five days. She says that incident, in addition to lapses in infection control, has destroyed her trust in the care home.0:57
Following four COVID-19 outbreaks and more than 50 deaths at Madonna Care Community in Ottawa, new inspection reports from Ontario s Ministry of Long-Term Care point to several serious violations at the home since April.