Flames rip through Alberta retirement complex
May 7, 2021 The Canadian PressST. ALBERT, Alta. – Fire has destroyed part of a retirement complex northwest of Edmonton. Officials say three residents suffered smoke inhalation but no one has died. Flames broke out at Citadel Mews West Continuing Care Facility in St. Albert…
Families reach $5.5 million settlement in lawsuit against Quebec long-term care home
April 1, 2021 Sidhartha Banerjee - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – Lawyers for residents and families suing a Montreal-area long-term care home ravaged by the pandemic’s first wave said Wednesday they had reached a $5.5-million settlement with the facility’s owners. The private Residence Herron was among the hardest hit…
Ontario long-term care home with outbreak of COVID-19 variant faces lawsuit
February 5, 2021 Nicole Thompson - THE CANADIAN PRESSA central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents’ families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping them safe.…
Some long-term care homes can’t get insurance, could be forced to close: association
October 20, 2020 Liam Casey - THE CANADIAN PRESSOntario’s long-term care homes are having trouble securing liability insurance for COVID-19, a situation that could force some of them to close, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the province’s homes says. The Ontario Long-Term Care Association…
How liability insurers will react to military report on long-term care homes
June 2, 2020 by Greg MeckbachA recently military report on some Canadian long-term care facilities will change the way liability coverage is underwritten and could even discourage some insurers from staying in the market, a managing general agent suggests. “I think you will probably see…