Nursing homes Posts

Second Nova Scotia Tragic Nursing Home Death Highlights Desperate Need for Dementia Strategy

October 18, 2013

Halifax, October 15th, 2013: In Nova Scotia this week two seniors died while they were supposed to be in in good ...

CARP for the Win: Older Ontario Retirement Homes are Finally Fire-Safe (Dossier Review and Conclusion)

May 17, 2013

CARP has been pushing for a set of amendments to the Fire Code that would see older retirement homes mandated to ...

CARP's Responses to the Technical Advisory Committee Proposing Changes to Onario's Fire Code and Building Code

April 5, 2013

On February 28th, 2013 - CARP issued a response to the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)’s Recommendations to the ...

Ask a Lawyer: Obtaining Compensation for Weak Government Supervision in California

July 27, 2012

Abuse and Neglect in California Nursing Homes: Compensating for Weak Government Supervision by Jaime Levine, Elder Law ...

How to Choose a Long Term Care Facility

May 25, 2012

It’s hard – and it’s complicated. Here’s what to consider when evaluating a long-term care facility. It can ...

Licensing of Ontario retirement homes begins

April 18, 2012

This article was published by The Toronto Star on April 16th 2012.  To see this article and other related articles ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Coming Home For Christmas

December 6, 2011

I have detailed in these pages how my widowed father, alone for a year in an empty house far away in the Maritimes, had ...

Caregiver's Diary: Coming Home For Christmas

December 6, 2011

I have detailed in these pages how my widowed father, alone for a year in an empty house far away in the Maritimes, had ...

A Nursing Home Shrinks Until It Feels Like a Home

November 3, 2011

This article was originally published by the New York Times on October 31st 2011.  To visit the New York Times ...