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Some facts about nursing homes in Ontario

Some facts about nursing homes in Ontario | iNFOnews.ca
A man walks from the Caressant Care facility in Woodstock, Ontario on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. Police in southwestern Ontario say between 2007 and 2014, a nurse administered a drug and killed eight nursing home residents in her care. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley

Police in Ontario are investigating the alleged murders of eight seniors at nursing homes in London and Woodstock. A former registered nurse has been charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. Here are some facts about nursing homes in Ontario:

626: Number of nursing homes in the province

76,569: Number of beds available in provincial long-term care homes

23,443: Number of patients on the wait list for a long-term care bed as of May 2015

97: Percentage of residents with two or more chronic conditions

$334 million: Amount of money designated to the Southwest Local Health Integration Network, which funds the homes at the heart of the homicide investigation.

$3.6 billion: Total provincial funds transferred to Local Health Integration Networks for long-term care homes

Source: 2015, 2015/16 Ontario government public accounts/Statistics from the Ontario Long-Term Care Association

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