Police are investigating after the operator of a Courtice, Ont., private retirement home removed door handles from a "small number" of suites of residents who had reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. As soon as we became aware of the incident, all residents' door handles were immediately reinstalled," David Bird, president and CEO of Verve Senior Living, said in the statement. He said residents with dementia live on the floor where the door handles were removed and were already protected from wandering. In a statement to CBC Toronto, Ontario's Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility said this kind of action is "completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated." "If one of the residents needed to get out of their room, they wouldn't be able to do that," Foster told CBC Toronto.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 23:21 UTC