City increases training on abuse prevention in long-term care homes

All staff in Ottawa’s four city-run long-term care homes have received enhanced training on preventing abuse after incidents earlier this year led to a rare order from the province for the city to improve care at its homes.
Dean Lett, acting director of long-term care for the city, updated “residents, families and friends” on work that has been done in the homes to respond to the compliance order from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
That order came after a series of