Ontario's Liberal government is promising to double the number of long-term care home inspectors.
The move comes after repeated safety violations at care homes and revelations by the opposition that thorough, annual inspections were not happening despite government promises.
Health Minister Deb Matthews is promising to hire enough inspectors to conduct a detailed surprise inspection of every Ontario nursing home by the end of 2014, and annually after that.
"We think residents of long-term care deserve to have the confidence that they are receiving the highest quality standards of care," Matthews said Monday.
NDP health critic France Gélinas said annual inspections were supposed to start happening three years ago.
"I feel like I'm having a bad case of déjà vu all over again because the same minister made the same announcement in 2010."
The move comes after repeated safety violations at care homes and revelations by the opposition that thorough, annual inspections were not happening despite government promises.
Health Minister Deb Matthews is promising to hire enough inspectors to conduct a detailed surprise inspection of every Ontario nursing home by the end of 2014, and annually after that.
"We think residents of long-term care deserve to have the confidence that they are receiving the highest quality standards of care," Matthews said Monday.
NDP health critic France Gélinas said annual inspections were supposed to start happening three years ago.
"I feel like I'm having a bad case of déjà vu all over again because the same minister made the same announcement in 2010."