Ontario, Canada -- Attacks by residents against staff at Ontario nursing homes have more than doubled in the past four years - turning the residences into high-risk places of work, a CBC News investigation has found.
Government documents obtained by the CBC show nursing home residents routinely assault the staff, as well as beat each other up. But warnings and complaints go unheeded.
Data obtained from Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-term Care show the number of such serious incidents reported rose to 358 in 2006, compared with 155 in 2002.Those numbers only include what the ministry calls "unusual occurrences" or serious events that put residents' lives in danger.
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