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.
$30M lawsuit claims Rosslyn failed residents before and during COVID-19 pandemic
A Toronto law firm has filed to launch a class action lawsuit against a Hamilton long-term care home for its handling of a COVID-19 outbreak that infected 22 staff members and 64 residents, 16 of whom died.
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The statement of claim, which hasn t been certified, cites regulatory inspections from as far back as 2016
Posted: Jan 07, 2021 10:45 AM ET | Last Updated: January 7
A memorial adorns a pole across the street from the Rosslyn Retirement Residence. It s made up of 16 crosses, one for each of the residents of the home who have died of COVID-19. The home is now the subject of a class action lawsuit.(Bobby Hristova/CBC)