From food to frailty: the link between long-term care and land concentration
is a privately owned Canadian operator of long-term and retirement
residences. According to its website, Revera owns or operates more than
500 properties in Canada, the United States and the U.K. In Canada,
Revera has 186 managed communities, 225 owned communities and
22,500-plus managed units.
Many seniors’ homes are seen as unsafe for both seniors and workers
these days. And while Revera is in the spotlight, it is not the only for-profit seniors’ care corporation deemed unhealthy. But it is the only one owned by a Crown corporation.
As part of its response to the pandemic and conditions in the
seniors’ housing which it operates, Revera has published a report
produced by an advisory committee titled “A Perfect Storm.” While the pandemic has brought to light the conditions in many long-term retirement homes across Canada, Revera had more than 85 lawsuits filed before the pandemic by families calling for accountability regarding negligence toward retirement residents.
And since the pandemic began, other class–action lawsuits are now underway.
