OTTAWA – The companies managing long term care homes where the military found rotting food, cockroaches, patients in soiled beds and conditions that allowed COVID-19 to spread, also run dozens of other facilities in the province and have made millions of dollars a year operating them.
On Tuesday, a report military members wrote while helping in the care homes was released publicly, detailing what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called “deeply disturbing” conditions at the five Ontario homes.
The companies’ own websites show in addition to the troubled facilities, they operate 80 of Ontario’s approximately 630 long-term care homes.
The Altamont Care Community in the east end of Toronto where 52 people have died is run by Sienna Senior Living. Military members there reported residents had been bed-bound for weeks. They found there were inadequate supplies, not enough staff and arguments between the staff that had remained there.
“A significant number of residents have pressure ulcers … as a result of prolonged bed rest,” reads the military’s report.
Sienna owns 37 long term care facilities in Ontario and another eight in British Columbia.
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(4) Hold the right people accountable for long-term care mess
