TORONTO Ontario nursing homes that break the rules would face tougher penalties and individual offenders would be prohibited from working in long-term care, under proposed legislation aimed at strengthening accountability in a sector devastated by
Ontario plans to double maximum fines for long-term care offences and prohibit convicted rule-breakers from working in the sector in an effort to ramp up accountability and improve care for residents.
The government said it would hire 193 inspectors by next fall – creating a ratio of one inspector for every two homes – and introduce legislation later this week aimed at better protecting long-term care residents
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TORONTO Ontario plans to double the province's long-term care home inspectors and allow them to lay charges on the spot, saying the changes would allow for stronger enforcement in a sector devastated by the pandemic.