{"id":18293,"date":"2021-12-18T09:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T14:37:04","slug":"province-will-renew-scarborough-nursing-homes-where-covid-19-took-scores-of-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/province-will-renew-scarborough-nursing-homes-where-covid-19-took-scores-of-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Province will renew Scarborough nursing homes where COVID-19 took scores of lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-HK\">(December 17, 2021)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-HK\">By: Mike Adler, Toronto.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Ontario\u2019s Progressive Conservative government has approved upgrades and expansions for Scarborough nursing homes whose residents suffered devastating COVID-19 outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">At Altamont Care Community, where 53 residents died of the disease in 2020, Long-Term Care Minister Rod Phillips on Dec. 10 announced a new nursing home on the property would have 448 beds instead of the current 159.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">And after a six-storey addition, Midland Gardens Care Community, where 43 residents died, will have 21 new and 299 upgraded beds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cWhen these projects are completed, two new long-term-care homes in Scarborough will provide a safe, modern, comfortable place for residents to call home, near their family and friends,\u201d Phillips added in a release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In earlier announcements, the government announced two new and 254 upgraded beds at Tendercare Living Centre, where 81 COVID-19 deaths occurred, and 128 new beds at Scarborough\u2019s Hellenic Home, where 21 people died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Three of the planned upgrades were criticized by the Ontario Health Coalition because \u2014 apart from the Hellenic Home, run by a charity \u2014 they are tied to 30-year license renewals for companies running nursing homes for profit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cThey\u2019re essentially taking public money and making private profit from it,\u201d said Ross Sutherland, the coalition\u2019s chairperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The group argues non-profit homes provide better care and there\u2019s no reason for-profit homes should exist, but the government disagrees, said Sutherland, charging this is due to \u201can ideological bent, and it\u2019s not based on science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A coalition news release last month quoted Doris Wai, whose grandmother died during the 2021 Tendercare outbreak, suggesting the home\u2019s owners don\u2019t deserve a renewal: \u201cThey failed to provide the necessities for life and the craziest thing is that they are being rewarded for it,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Altamont, the Hellenic Home and Tendercare are what the province calls C-bed nursing homes, built to the standards of 1972.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.com\/news-story\/10110509-analysis-why-were-covid-19-outbreaks-worse-in-older-toronto-nursing-homes-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"9\">Such homes, because of features such as three or four-bed ward rooms, often found isolating residents who contracted COVID-19 especially difficult.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Canadian Forces personnel were sent to Altamont\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.com\/news-story\/9998665-covid-19-outbreak-left-scarborough-home-providing-only-most-basic-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"10\">after conditions at the home deteriorated during the outbreak.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Midland Gardens is considered a B home, ahead of 1972 standards but behind contemporary ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Sienna Senior Living, which owns Altamont and Midland Gardens, said those homes, when rebuilt, will include only private and semiprivate rooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cGathering spaces will reflect a homelike setting and outdoor areas will provide the opportunity to connect with nature.\u00a0From both a safety and holistic health perspective, seniors will thrive in our new communities,\u201d the company said in a Dec. 13 statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Altamont, to be renamed Altamont Scarborough, will combine 204 upgraded beds in a new building with a previous allocation of 85 new beds and 159 upgraded beds, Sienna said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Sienna said Midland Gardens will be \u201ccompletely retrofitted\u201d and will have a total of 320 beds, compared to 299 today, plus 54 new seniors\u2019 apartments, \u201cin order to provide more affordable housing options in Scarborough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">First phases of construction are expected to start at Midland Gardens in fall 2022 and at Altamont in spring 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Both nursing homes will be rebuilt as part of \u201ca campus of care\u201d with Scarborough Health Network, an arrangement which will \u201cintegrate the homes into the broader health-care system and ensures residents have access to the care they need,\u201d the province said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Link to original article:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/local-toronto-scarborough\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/province-will-renew-scarborough-nursing-homes-where-covid-19-took-scores-of-lives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"11\">https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/local-toronto-scarborough\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/province-will-renew-scarborough-nursing-homes-where-covid-19-took-scores-of-lives.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(December 17, 2021) By: Mike Adler, Toronto.com Ontario\u2019s Progressive Conservative government has approved upgrades and expansions for Scarborough nursing homes whose residents suffered devastating COVID-19 outbreaks. 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