Hamilton seniors are being strong-armed into long-term care homes they didn't choose by hospitals desperate to get them out of their beds.
Local hospitals threaten to charge seniors $300 a day if they don't take the first available long-term care bed in the city no matter how far it is from their family, or what families think of the home.
With at least 120 seniors clogging up hospital beds and 70 more waiting in a temporary unit at St. Joseph's Villa in Dundas, hospitals can't afford to let patients wait around for their top picks.
Source: Hamilton Spectator - News
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