Like the United States and Europe, Canada is struggling to curb the spread of the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease in nursing homes.
Seniors in homes account for 70% of the province's 688 COVID-19 deaths, with double-digit death tolls reported at multiple facilities. A spokesman for Quebec’s current health minister declined to comment on the reform by a previous government, saying his department was focused on confronting the"health crisis."
The manager of one Montreal care facility recently locked staff inside the residence after their shift ended to compel them to work overtime because he lacked workers, said Alain Croteau, president of the local union representing the staff. A 2018 provincial nursing union survey showed a single nurse was assigned, on average, to 30 patients by day in long-term care facilities. The union, which is calling for a minimum staffing ratio, contrasted that with the Australian state of Victoria, where a two-person team is assigned 14 patients each.
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