No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a…
The province says 7,600 alternate-level-of-care patients have moved into nursing homes since the law took effect.
Janet Levergood was cleared to leave hospital as long as she had enough care, but the level of care required was significant because of her needs and propensity to fall. Levergood didn’t like those options. That’s when the hospital’s placement co-ordinator told her about the $400 fine. Calandra positioned the legislation as a success, pointing to the 4,800 patients who have now added more nursing homes to their list of preferred choices since the law came into effect.Article content
“I never thought that there’d be massive amounts of fines going on,” he said. “But it has to be there as a part of the system.” The number of alternate-level-of-care patients who need to be discharged remains a problem, he said, adding he would employ the law if he could.
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