Hamilton’s public health department has issued notices to 31 residential care facilities, ordering them to modify operations to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Over the past week, public health has been auditing and assessing long term care homes, retirement homes, and residential care facilities — also known as second-level lodging homes — to ensure they’re following practices that will prevent the virus from spreading.
During a virtual town hall on Wednesday night, Hamilton’s medical officer of health Dr. Elizabeth Richardson said the city has ordered 31 of those facilities to come into compliance with infection prevention and control practices under the Health Promotion and Protection Act (HPPA). “We’ve already had calls from a number of