The Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 and its general regulation came into force on April 11, 2022. This will repeal and replace the existing Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, and revoke Ontario Regulation 79/10.
The new legislation was designed to maintain the sections that previously worked well and to implement changes that advance three core priorities:
With this new framework in place, the Government is laying the groundwork for systemic, long-lasting reform over time that will enhance resident quality of care and life in several key areas, including:
Below please find the links to the Home’s key policies and procedures:
To accompany the new legislation, the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC) created the Long Term Care Homes Quality Inspection Program (LQIP), which is designed to safeguard residents' well-being by continuously investigating complaints, concerns, critical incidents, and by ensuring that all Homes are inspected at least once per year.
The mandate of the Long-Term Care Homes Quality Inspection Program (LQIP) is to:
This is achieved by performing unannounced inspections and enforcing measures as required. The MLTC conducts complaint, critical incident, follow-up, comprehensive and other types of inspections. At the end of every inspection the MLTC inspector prepares an inspection report. Copies of the public version of the inspection reports detailing all findings of non-compliance are publicly posted in the Home and provided to Residents' and Family Councils. To obtain the Home's inspection report, you can ask the Executive Director directly or find it on the Ministry's website.