Common areas in all long-term care homes in Ontario now have air conditioning (A/C), although many resident rooms still do not.
Regulations that took effect this spring require air conditioning in common areas on days when temperatures hit 26 degrees Celsius or warmer.
Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton says all 626 homes in the province are now in compliance and have air conditioning in “designated cooling areas.”
Fullerton says nearly 13% of homes did not have air conditioning at all last year.
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