CTV News television
Nov 15th 2020 @11pm, CTV News reports on the devastating effects on seniors care homes.
10,781 of Canada's 10,953 Covid deaths were in a care-home.
This number means 98% of all deaths in Canada were in a long term care-home.
That leaves 172 people died outside of a care-home in Canada.
About 5 million seniors age 65 and older in Canada, 7.1% live in care facilities—nursing homes, chronic care, or long-term care hospitals (4.5%), or residences for seniors (2.6%). Census data from 2011 also show that although most seniors are living in their own homes, almost 30% of seniors age 85 and over live in special care facilities.
Number of people in Canada currently in care-homes: 5,000,000
The average life expectancy for those in care homes is just two years.
Average life expectancy in Canada:
73-83 years: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland & Labrador, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia
84 years: British Columbia
83-84 years: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec
Average age of death for covid-19 is - 84
Total Canada Covid-19 deaths Nov 26, 2020: 11,710
CDC Published Chance of Death Rate
Chance of Survival Rates
Source: Geripal.org States average time in care-home is 14 months
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk/
Source: bcmj.org/
Source: www.cpp.ca/ Average life expectancy
Source: CTVNews
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca Covid death