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The long-running saga over the fate of the only nursing home in Canada exclusively dedicated to serving the Korean community is poised for a happy ending.
A Korean community group has agreed to purchase the Rose of Sharon Korean Long Term Care home in Toronto from a for-profit, chain operator. The agreement, unveiled this week, overrides a decision by the home’s court-appointed receiver to award it to Rykka Care Centres LP, a company with no ties to the Korean community.
Korean community group strikes deal to buy LTC home, averting sale to for-profit company
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Sandra Kang is fighting to salvage all the things at her 103-year-old grandfather’s nursing home that bring him comfort: the Korean corn tea served at every meal, music from his East Asian country, personal support workers who speak his mother tongue.
Jong Kil Kim moved to the Rose of Sharon Korean Long Term Care home in Toronto two years ago, when his Alzheimer’s disease and dementia made it difficult to look after himself and speak in English.
But his nursing home, the only one in Canada exclusively dedicated to serving the Korean community, is facing an uncertain future. The Ontario government is reviewing a proposal to transfer its operating licence to a for-profit, chain operator with no ties to the Korean-Canadian community.