Ontario seniors to pay $400/day to stay in hospital instead of moving to LTC

The Ontario government has released new details about a new long-term care bill, specifying that seniors who choose to stay in hospital once discharged, rather than move to a long-term care home not of their choosing, will be charged $400 a day.

also known as the “More Beds, Better Care Act”, allows for the temporary transfer of senior patients waiting for space in a long-term care home to another home not of their choosing.

On Wednesday, the province released specific regulations for the bill outlining restrictions transfers to a 70-kilometre radius in southern Ontario and a 150-kilometre radius in Northern Ontario. The government said these restrictions were based on input from the health-care and long-term care sector.

The charges would begin 24 hours after discharge and apply to any discharged patient who refuses to leave hospital.

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