Residents of Ontario’s for-profit long-term-care homes are still experiencing significantly worse COVID-19 outcomes — both cases and deaths — than those living in municipal or non-profit facilities, a Star analysis shows. But the early data on the second wave is stark: In homes experiencing an outbreak, for-profit homes have seen nearly 10 times the number of fatal cases per bed than non-profit homes, and nearly twice that of municipal homes, the analysis shows. The Star’s analysis is based on the province’s open database of outbreaks in registered long-term-care homes. It’s the same method the Star used in May to first report that for-profit homes were experiencing disproportionately severe outcomes. Other studies have shown that privately owned long-term-care homes have suffered from lower levels of staffing and lower wages.

Source: thestar November 13, 2020 10:00 UTC