Posted: May 07, 2021 2:47 PM ET | Last Updated: May 7
The Rosslyn Retirement Residence is at 1322 King Street East in Hamilton. The site was home to an outbreak that infected sixty-four residents and 22 staff members who tested positive for the virus. Sixteen residents died.(Dan Taekema/CBC)
Posted: May 04, 2021 11:34 AM ET | Last Updated: May 4
The Rosslyn Retirement Residence was evacuated on May 15 following a massive COVID-19 outbreak. Now the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority says it plans to issue a licence to reopen the facility.(Dan Taekema/CBC)
Ontario s retirement homes regulator says it intends to issue licences to reopen three retirement residences including the Rosslyn on the condition that their former owners are not given any decision-making authority when it comes to the finances or operation of the homes.
The Rosslyn was evacuated on May 15, 2020, amid a massive outbreak that one Hamilton official described as a crisis of care. Sixty-four residents and 22 staff members tested positive for the virus. Sixteen residents died.