COVID-19 pandemic were crammed into overstuffed rooms and denied access to life-saving treatment because the facility was short on both staff and equipment, their families told Ontario’s commission on the matter.Family members of some of the 70 residents who died and 155 others who were diagnosed with COVID-19 during an outbreak at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont., told Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission that the deaths and many of the infections could have been prevented had the home held up its duty of care.
Scarborough long-term care home reports dozens of COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths in latest outbreak “Current regulations indicate that if a resident is not being nourished and hydrated, their power of attorney must be notified..