At least 150 private seniors' residences have closed since January 2021, leaving many vulnerable elderly people in the regions scrambling to find new living arrangements.
A group that advocates for seniors' rights in Quebec is calling on the owners of private seniors' residences to reimburse their tenants for services they lost as a result of COVID-19 health restrictions, but owners disagree.
The Quebec Association for the Defense of the Rights of Retired and Pre-Retired Persons (AQDR) denounced the private seniors residences that refuse to reimburse residents for services they paid for