A recently released report performed by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association has brought the quality of care provided at Ontario’s long-term care facilities into question. In particular, the report found that residents of privately run nursing homes, which account for about 60 per cent of Ontario’s long-term care facilities, had a significantly higher death rate than the residents of non-profit facilities.
Nov 21 2015