After decades of negligence and underfunding in the long-term care sector, the pandemic revealed the gaping systemic fault lines that had severe repercussions on Ontarians served by this sector. Last year’s report from the province’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission stated that nearly 4,000 seniors and 11 staff members died of COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes. Provincial data shows those numbers have increased to more than 4,200 resident and 13 staff deaths. The unsettling truth is that many of these deaths could have been avoided if the appropriate funding, staffing requirements, and infrastructure had been in place. After decades of negligence and underfunding in the long-term care sector, the pandemic revealed the gaping systemic fault lines that had severe repercussions on Ontarians served by this sector. Last year’s report from the province’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission stated that nearly 4,000 seniors and 11 staff members died of COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes. Provincial data shows those numbers have increased to more than 4,200 resident and 13 staff deaths. The unsettling truth is that many of these deaths could have been avoided if the appropriate funding, staffing requirements, and infrastructure had been in place.
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