Camilla Care Community was a 236-resident long-term care home in Mississauga, Ontario, owned by Partners Community Health. It was located next to Trillium Health Partners' Mississauga Hospital. The facility was taken over, temporarily, by the province of Ontario in May 2020, as a result of extensive deaths from COVID-19.[1] The facility closed on December 15, 2023, to make way for the new Mississauga Hospital. Partners Community Health opened Wellbrook Place as a replacement.[2]
| Camilla Care Community | |
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| Former names | Chelsey Park Nursing Home |
| General information | |
| Address | 2250 Hurontario Street |
| Town or city | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Closed | December 15, 2023 |
| Demolished | 2024 |
| Owner | Partners Community Health |
| Other information | |
| Seating type | beds |
| Seating capacity | 236 |
| Website | |
| camillacare.ca (on Wayback Machine) | |
History
editThe facility began accepting patients in March 1970,[3] as Chelsey Park Nursing Home Ltd. Operated by the British Columbia-based National Hospital Management Services, it advertised as a "completely modern nursing home designed for the care of invalids, elderly, and convalescent patients."[4]
As of 1972, the facility had a teen-aged volunteer group, the Chelsea Park Volunteer Association.[5]
In 2001, Toronto Star reported on the lack of air conditioning in some long-term care facilities, featuring Chelsey Park. Only common rooms were air-conditioned at that point, and one resident had been sent to the nearby hospital for dehydration twice. An administrator noted that they had six extra staff devoted to "giving out extra fluids," and that residents "do everything to fight air conditioning."[6]
The facility seems to have kept its Chelsey Park name until at least 2007,[7] however there was a second facility in Streetsville, with the same name.[8]
The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced a program in October 2014, called the "Enhanced Long Term Care Home Renewal Strategy". Within the Mississauga Halton LHIN, that sought to redevelop 32% of area long-term care bed capacity. One of the sites identified was Camilla Care Community.[9] As of 2016, plans were still being considered.[10]
An 82-year-old resident was charged with manslaughter in 2017, after the death of a 79-year-old resident.[11]
In November 2021 it was announced that Partners Community Health (a not-for-profit organization) and Trillium Health Partners entered into an agreement with Sienna Senior Living to purchase and operate Camilla Care Community. As of April 1, 2022, Trillium Health Partners purchased the building and land that the home is situated on, while Partners Community Health acquired the 236 long-term care bed licenses and operations of the home.[12][13]
COVID-19 outbreak, deaths
editDuring the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in Ontario, there was an extensive outbreak at the facility. As of 29 May 2020[update], there had been 64 confirmed deaths, making it the second-most deadly outbreak in Ontario.[14] On May 27, the province of Ontario announced that it would take over management of the facility for two weeks.[1] The four other facilities listed included the Sienna-owned Altamont Care Community,[1] which had the third-most number of deaths.[14]
At some point, staff from the Mississauga Hospital had been transferred to the facility to help.[15]
The Washington Post used the facility as a case study for nursing home deaths in Canada. In the story, the family of one woman who died in April told the Post reporter that the facility had downplayed the severity of the outbreak.[15] Similarly, the facility's deaths were not mentioned in a voice message to families of residents, sent May 8.[15] The story also cited a staff member who shared that the facility had limited the availability of PPE, forcing staff to use one mask for their entire shift. That employee later tested positive.[15]
The first outbreak was active from March 30 to June 7, 2020.[16]
On June 16, 2020, a new outbreak was declared at the facility.[16]
Peel Public Health declared an outbreak of gastroenteritis at the facility on August 12, 2020.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sambo, Paula (27 May 2020). "Ontario to take management of five more long-term care homes". Bloomberg News. Toronto ON: Bell Media. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Shimo, Alexandra (16 November 2023). "Two new long-term care homes open in Mississauga". Mississauga News. Toronto ON: Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Tullamore Nursing Home (advertisement)". The Globe and Mail. Toronto ON. 4 March 1970. p. B6.
- ^ "Chelsey Park Nursing Home Ltd. (advertisement)". The Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Inland Publishing Co. Limited. 10 December 1969. p. C19. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Mousley, Geri (19 July 1972). "Cooksville". The Mississauga News. Mississauga ON. p. C4. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Cotroneo, Christian (10 August 2001). "Seniors swelter at some nursing homes". Toronto Star [Ontario Edition]. Toronto ON: Torstar. p. B05.
- ^ Gallant, Paul (16 August 2007). "Blended learning brings online students together; Centennial classes will humanize experience for non-campus learners". Toronto Star [ONT Edition 1]. Toronto ON.
- ^ "Harold Oswin, 88, candy maker". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. 29 July 1991.
Mr. Oswin, 88, died at Chelsey Park Nursing Home in Streetsville Friday, after a brief illness.
- ^ "CEO Report to the Board Archived 2021-05-28 at the Wayback Machine", Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network, April 2018.
- ^ Mississauga Halton LHIN (2017). Through our local lens: Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network Annual Report 2016-2017 (PDF). Oakville ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Douglas, Pam (31 January 2017). "Senior charged with manslaughter in death at Mississauga long-term care facility". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Metroland. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Finucane, Declan (11 November 2021). "New long-term care home deal expected to keep much-needed beds in Mississauga". Insauga.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Jabakhanji, Sara. "One of the Ontario LTC homes hardest-hit by COVID-19 could soon be managed by non-profit". CBA. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ a b "How Ontario is responding to COVID-19". May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Coletta, Amanda (19 May 2020). "Crisis shines a light on shortcomings of long-term care facilities in Canada". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. A15.
On the day my grandmother passed away, my mom asked how many deaths there had been, and they said . . . not very many, there's not that much of an outbreak," said Michele Kranjcevic, Witkowski's granddaughter. "But it wasn't like that, and that's what got me so angry.
- ^ a b Martin-Robbins, Karen (17 June 2020). "COVID outbreaks: Brampton, Mississauga long-term-care homes land on list for second time". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Metroland Media. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Vega, Manuela (14 August 2020). "Mississauga long-term care home declares enteric outbreak". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
External links
edit- Camilla Care Community inspection report, 2017, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- "Home Report" for Camilla Care Community, Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care
- "Camilla Care Centre" (2012), YouTube video by Mississauga Halton LHIN