Ottawa care home had record of breaking safety rules around transfers

Ottawa’s Extendicare Laurier Manor had a history of breaking safety rules around lifting and moving residents when Samira Papadopoulo fell during a botched transfer from her wheelchair to her bed.
It was September, and the 67-year-old woman, with advanced Alzheimer’s, was not positioned properly in the sling mechanism used to transfer residents who can’t move themselves. She fell forward, striking her head and ending up in hospital with injuries that included a gash, a head inj