{"id":12349,"date":"2020-05-08T18:09:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=12349"},"modified":"2020-05-16T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T22:12:15","slug":"more-deaths-in-for-profit-long-term-care-homes-than-non-profit-and-municipally-owned-homes-ontario-health-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/more-deaths-in-for-profit-long-term-care-homes-than-non-profit-and-municipally-owned-homes-ontario-health-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"More deaths in for-profit long-term care homes than non-profit and municipally-owned homes: Ontario Health Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"

(May 7, 2020)<\/p>\n

By:\u00a0Durham Radio News<\/p>\n

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Deaths rates in for-profit long-term care homes in Ontario are higher and rising faster compared to non-profit and municipally-owned homes.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to a new analysis from the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Shalom Schachter, a member of the Ontario Health Coalition, did the research and analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe data shows that for-profit homes have a much worse record than public and non-profit homes,\u201d said Schachter. \u201cAlready even prior to COVID-19 it has been recognized that the current model of delivering long term care has to be overhauled. The pandemic has brought to the forefront the consequences of the current model. The overhaul should respond to the ways that ownership impacts quality and outcomes of care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of the 93 Ontario homes with outbreaks that the report looked at, there were 1,057 deaths, 700 in for-profit homes, 275 in non-profit homes and 82 in municpal homes.<\/p>\n

The Health Coalition reports the rate of death, as measured by the proportion of deaths over the total number of beds in homes with COVID-19 outbreaks resulting in death, is:<\/p>\n