Stories We Are Following

January 23, 2024  Woman living in a Whitby, Ontario LTC residence dies in hospital after an altercation with another resident  https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/homicide-detectives-investigating-death-of-woman-94-injured-at-ont-long-term-care-home-1.6738641


Jan 26, 2018 It is Heartbreaking: Violence at Winnipeg Nursing Homes Causes 500 Injuries to Residents in 2 Years https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/i-team-personal-care-home-assaults-injuries-1.4504382  

Jan. 26, 2018 - It's a horror movie - Nursing home security footage provides raw picture of resident violence program.  CBC News

Nov. 20, 2017   No Charges Laid After Fatal Nursing Home Beating, Police Say

April 18, 2017  Elderly Man Beaten in Hamilton Nursing Home Has Died: Family

March 2017 - http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/families-sue-nursing-home-giant-for-neglected-care-they-claim-loved-ones-suffered-1.3339708    CTV's W5 investigates and spotlights lack of care and alleged abuse in long term care homes (including resident to resident assault)
 
16 Jan 2017 - Peter Brooks Given Life Sentence for "Horrific" Murder of Elderly Woman. CBC News, Toronto.

03 Nov 2016 - Coroner's Reprot on Kamloops Care Home Death Calls for Changes. InfoNews.ca

29 Jun 2016 - New Report from the BC Seniors Advocate - Resident to Resident Aggression in B.C. Care Homes. British Columbia Law Institute. bcli.org (LINK TO REPORT CURRENTLY NOT WORKING)

29 Jun 2016 - Senior's Advocate Makes Recommendations to Curb Violence in Care Homes. InfoNews.ca

15 Jun 2016 - One in Five Nursing Home Residents are Abused by Co-residents. http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2528279

May 12, 2016 - brainXchange online event: Fighting for Dignity: Prevention of Distressing and Harmful Resident-to-Resident Interactions in Dementia in Long-Term Care Homes.

April, 2016  W5 Investigates Cases of Sexual Assault in Ontario Nursing Homes   W5 CTV

February, 2016 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-co-nursing-home-patient-20160204-story.html  A U.S. incident of resident to resident assault causing death in Baltimore

January 27, 2016 - Seniors' Advocate to Probe Deadly Violence at B.C. Care Homes. CTV Vancouver Island News

January 16, 2016 - Seniors' Aggression Due to Dementia on the Rise, CKNW News, Vancouver, BC.

January 5, 2016 Wave of Dementia Behind 12 Homicides  http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/wave-of-dementia-behind-12-homicides-has-ontario-nursing-homes-pleading-for-help

December 17, 2015 - Under Investigation  http://globalnews.ca/news/2408307/family-in-shock-after-elderly-mother-severely-bruised-at-newmarket-nursing-home/ 

November 3, 2015 - Family pleads for more staff after elderly mom dies in attack at seniors' home. Kamloops, BC. The Canadian Press. Also related: Retirement Concepts says senior's death was "unwitnessed fall."

May 28, 2015 - After a man is killed in a care home, inquest finds a need for behavioural units. The Carillon, Manitoba

May 22, 2015 - Alzheimer's Patient Won't be Charged in Killing. CBS Denver

Feb. 24, 2015 - Police: Alzheimer's Patient, 87, Kills Roommate at Lakewood Facility. CBS Denver

March 31, 2015   Family files $5M lawsuit against long-term care home. London, ON  CTV News.

January 26, 2015 - Kipnes Centre patient dragged from bed, family told she fell. Edmonton. CBC News.

Nov. 18, 2014 - The under-recognized problem of aggression between nursing home residents (Study results)

Nov. 4, 2014 - Death by Political Interference

Oct. 28, 2014 - Pressure to move violent senior to care home: Witness

Oct. 10, 2014 - Care Home Staffing Concerns (Assault-related death) plus a follow up: Nurses Union Sounds Alarm After Third Care Home Death

Oct. 9, 2014 - Elderly man with dementia dies after beating from fellow dementia patient.

June 9, 2014 - Nursing home didn't report repeated assaults on 92-year-old

May 15, 2014 - Repeated assault alleged at care home: Nephew fears for safety of 96-year-old aunt

March 6, 2014 - New Ombudsmen for Long-Term Care Homes 'Almost Too Good to be True'

January 21, 2014 - Inquest Raises Hope for the Elderly: Woman's dad died after attack in a facility

January 17, 2014 - Old and Dangerous: Senior Violence is Getting Worse, online article from Macleans.ca

December 13, 2013:  Mary Schulz, the Director of Information and Education for The Alzheimer Society of Canada announced they will be launching their ``Culture Change in Long Term Care`` Initiative on February 11, 2014. They will be releasing Long Term Care Reports and Information Sheets containing the key elements they and their many partners have obtained by visiting Long Term Care Homes throughout Canada with the objective of making person centered care a reality.

December 9, 2013: The Coming Dementia Epidemic, The Current, CBC Radio.

November 9, 2013:  Nursing home resident dies in alleged attack, police say roommate charged

October 7, 2013:  Renewed Focus on Seniors Violence after 91-year-old woman dies following fight, Halifax Nova Scotia

September 27, 2013: W5 - Deadly Care (Homicide in Care Homes)
follow up of March 27, 2013 incident involving the Alexander and McLeod family.  A different model
for person centered long term care is portrayed that is working positively in a Saskatchewan residence.

April 1, 2013:  Rally Pushed to Make Long-Term Care Safer, Peterborough Ontario

March 27, 2013:  Family of senior Frank Alexander, killed by Joe McLeod, another resident of Parkview Place Care Centre care home, launches lawsuit against Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, other parties

March 20, 2013:  Local businessman organizing rally to draw attention to understaffed nursing homes. Camille Parent says an attack on his mother directly related to the lack of staff at Ontario's long-term care homes

March 18, 2013:  Elderly Violence - Metro Morning, CBC.ca AUDIO

March 16, 2013:  CUPE calls for 'adequate' staffing in seniors' care facilties

March 16, 2013:  Male resident, 72, charged after elderly woman murdered in Toronto care home

March 16, 2013:  Residents gave senior, now charged with murder, wide berth

March 16, 2013:  Union, nurses' association call for coroner's inquest into nursing home killing

March 15, 2013:  Woman killed, another injured, in attack at seniors residence in Scarborough 

March 15, 2013:  Accused in seniors home had acted out before, CUPE says

March 14, 2013:  Elderly Woman Killed In Long Term Care Facility (VIDEO)

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