Nursing home system ‘in crisis’

Ontario’s long-term care system is in crisis and failing those who rely on it.
That was the message delivered Monday with the release of Situation Critical, a report prepared by the Ontario Health Coalition that outlines the shortcomings of the current system.
“It is shocking. Unacceptable,” how residents of long-term care facilities are cared for,” Ann McIntyre, of the OHC, said in a presentation in North Bay. “This situation can no longer be ignored.”
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