A bath a week, maybe, remains a reality for some Quebec seniors: report

In certain long-term-care facilities, called CHSLDs in Quebec, getting a bath once a week is asking for too much, according to the Quebec ombudsman’s report for 2017-18.
The report, made public Thursday, says that lack of staff in CHSLDs is at crisis proportions, so much so that it is occasionally impossible to maintain the basic hygiene of residents, a clientele that includes seniors, the disabled and some of the most vulnerable in Quebec society.
And ombudsman Marie Rinfret notes that by