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Staffing issues at long-term care homes known to province for years, Wettlaufer inquiry hears
The offices charged with inspecting Ontario’s long-term care homes don’t have the manpower to do inspections “in a timely manner,” according to testimony at the Wettlaufer inquiry from the manager of compliance inspection at the Hamilton Service Area Office.
Risk levels at long-term care homes under microscope at Wettlaufer inquiry
The Wettlaufer inquiry will hear today about how the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care assesses risk levels at long-term care homes.
Medication errors, understaffing plagued homes where serial killer nurse worked, inquiry hears
Provincial long-term care inspectors found problems with staffing levels and how medication was administered at nursing homes where Elizabeth Wettlaufer worked, the long-term care inquiry heard Friday.
Health Ministry inspections couldn’t have stopped serial killer, Wettlaufer inquiry hears
An Ontario Health Ministry inspector who makes sure nursing homes are safe for residents doesn’t think the provincial inspection process could have prevented the “evil” that serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer brought into long-term care homes, an inquiry has heard.
ER doc who treated 1 of Wettlaufer’s victims testifies at inquiry
An emergency room doctor thought a coroner should investigate an elderly woman’s death because she thought it was likely caused by a medication error, the Wettlaufer inquiry heard Wednesday.
Union under fire at Wettlaufer inquiry for defending problem nurse
Within hours of finding out Elizabeth Wettlaufer was suspended for making a medication error, the Ontario Nurses’ Association filed a grievance on her behalf, a public inquiry hears.
Nurses union didn’t disclose Wettlaufer documents, public inquiry hears
The third week of the inquiry into the long-term care system is expected to hear from former colleagues at nursing homes in Woodstock and London as well as representatives from the Ontario Nurses Association.
Ex-boss was told Wettlaufer was on a ‘do not hire’ list under maiden name, inquiry hears
A public inquiry looking into how Elizabeth Wettlaufer was able to kill eight elderly patients in her care heard conflicting accounts Thursday about whether the ex-nurse was on a “do not hire” list used by one of Canada’s largest nursing home owners early in her career.
Caressant Care nurses expected to testify at Wettlaufer inquiry
The former director of nursing and two registered nurses from the Caressant Care Home — where nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed seven patients — are expected to testify in St. Thomas, Ont.
