Long-term care homes with an active outbreak
More information can be found on https://www.ontario.ca/page/how-ontario-is-responding-covid-19
Status of COVID-19 cases in Ontario
More data can be downloaded on https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/status-of-covid-19-cases-in-ontario
Some excerpts from the military report:
“Lack of proper positioning (head of the bed raised) for meals/fluids;
PSW and Nurses aren’t always sitting up residents before
feeding/hydrating/giving meds; choking/aspiration risk is therefore high; includes
observation of incident that appeared to have contributed in patient death (code
blue due choking during feeding while supine — staff unable to dislodge food or
revive resident);”
The full report can be read on https://www.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JTFC-Observations-in-LTCF-in-ON.pdf You can easily change the pdf to txt format by using a free online tool at https://www.pdf2go.com/pdf-to-text.
Some information about long term care residents:
626 homes are homes licensed and approved to operate in Ontario
58% of homes are privately owned, 24% are non-profit/charitable, 16% are municipal
About 40% of long-term care homes are small, with 96 or fewer beds.
Of these small homes, about 45% are located in rural communities that often have limited home care or retirement home option.
77,257 long-stay beds are allocated to provide care, accommodation and services to frail seniors who require permanent placement
669 convalescent care beds are allocated to provide short-term care as a bridge between hospitalization and a patient’s home
321 beds are allocated to provide respite to families who need a break from caring 24/7 for their loved one
Approximately 300 of the province’s long-term care homes are older and need to be redeveloped (more than 30,000 beds)
The average time to placement in long-term care, as of February 2019, is 161 days.
The wait list for long-stay beds, as of February 2019, is 34,834
For more information, visit https://www.oltca.com/oltca/OLTCA/Public/LongTermCare/FactsFigures.aspx
Can you take your love ones out of long term care during COVID-19? Someone did that. Here are links to two stories. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woman-takes-husband-out-of-long-term-care-home-despite-knowing-he-may-lose-his-bed-1.4881839 and https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/03/19/family-wins-battle-to-free-93-year-old-woman-from-scarborough-long-term-care-facility-stricken-by-covid-19.html
Are you worried about future health care costs? You can get an estimate at https://archive.projectbiglife.ca/life/index.php?le=1&fhc=1
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