Bent said Woolner’s family is concerned that people researching long-term care homes won’t know the full details about the incident. The problem, Meadus said, is likely to get worse as an aging population requiring specialized care moves into long-term care homes, many of them insufficiently staffed. Bent has two other cases before the courts against long-term care homes — in Windsor and Barrie — involving choking deaths of residents. Negligence at an Ontario long-term care home caused the choking death of a 77-year-old woman found face-down in her plate of food, her family alleges in a $4.4-million lawsuit. They felt that they were putting her in the hands of professionals who would be able to look after her better than they could themselves“It is terribly sad,” said lawyer Maia Bent, representing Woolner’s family.

Source: National Post July 25, 2016 14:03 UTC