A growing number of Ottawa families are hiring staff to protect their loved ones from being attacked by other residents in their long-term care homes, according to a local advocacy group. That's in addition to the monthly fee they pay to have their loved ones in long-term care. Ottawa has also seen several high-profile incidents of staff abusing residents at long-term care facilities. It called for a minimum standard of four hours of combined nursing and personal support care each day for residents in long-term care homes in Ontario. Welch said despite the best efforts of staff at the region's 60 long-term care homes, they nearly all fall short of that target.

Source: CBC News January 30, 2019 22:18 UTC