Month: February 2023

long-term care home

This long-term care home radically changed the way it operates. Residents say it’s working

Home received extra funding to make the care more resident-centred Like so many people contemplating long-term care, Louis Capozzi said he was nervous about what he would find when he started looking at homes. “I heard so many awful things about, you know, people getting not well taken care of, laying in bed, needing to be …

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Woman with disabilities

Woman with disabilities nears medically assisted death after futile bid for affordable housing

A 31-year-old Toronto woman who uses a wheelchair is nearing final approval for a medically assisted death request after a fruitless bid to secure an affordable apartment that doesn’t worsen her chronic illnesses. The looming approval for death surprisingly, makes her grateful. “Relieved and elated,” Denise said in an interview. “I was scared that they …

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Insurance company reinstates long-term disabilit

Insurance company reinstates long-term disability coverage after report, legal action

A major Canadian insurance company is restoring long-term disability coverage to an Ontario woman following report on legal action taken against the insurer. Sun Life Financial had given notice to revoke long term disability benefits for Sandra Bullock of Georgetown, Ont. The company claimed Bullock was fit to work, and not entitled to payments, because …

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