2023 Omenn awardee Lesley Steinman supports the mental health of aging adults through 20 years of service to the UW’s Health Promotion Research Center as a research scientist and graduate student.
Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:49PM EST TORONTO - A proposed class action against a prominent nursing-home company now covers all its facilities, including those hit hardest by COVID-19, and seeks more than $200 million in damages, according to a fresh statement of claim. The unproven claim alleges Extendicare failed to respond properly to the pandemic and was negligent in the care of residents. “The plaintiffs plead that the defendants behaved in a reprehensible and unconscionable manner by failing to implement an adequate COVID-19 response plan,” the suit alleges. “The defendants had a history of failing to implement properly, or at all, an adequate infection-control program.”