Bruce: Help retirement homes keep their clients out of hospital

Retirement homes are the equivalent of “dark matter” for the health care system.  Although these homes are not recognized as health care institutions by Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, data obtained from one large acute-care hospital shows that retirement home residents could occupy 10 per cent of all hospital beds at a given time. That’s enormous in terms of impact and dollars – about $ 2 billion a year for Ontario.
Retirement homes are privat