The bill states patients can't be physically transferred from a hospital to a long-term care home without their consent. He recently wrote to Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra expressing his concern that the legislation will force his mother to go to a different long-term care home than the one she used to live in, Gateway Haven. And if she requires the hands-on full-time care from family, in her long-term care home environment, we're prepared to do that." That is exactly what the family wants, as long as it's the long-term care home that can meet her needs. "Hospital beds weren’t made for long-term care patients.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2022 22:02 UTC