shockedcanadian
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This is Canada, especialy in Ontario. They operate to destroy the young and the vulnerale, the old and the poor. It is pure evil and I've experienced first hand how unaccountable it is. ‘I haven’t been able to keep up with it.’ Tenants in seniors’ residences say ballooning fees are forcing them out.
When John Simmons moved to a Whitby seniors’ community in 2021, he and his wife paid $2,739 a month for a large one-bedroom apartment along with hospitality services – three meals a day, housekeeping and bus transportation.
By early 2025, Simmons, now a 96-year-old widower, was paying $4,362 a month for the same unit and services, a nearly 60-per-cent jump.
Residents of seniors’ homes across Ontario have seen their monthly bills balloon over the past few years at rates most other tenants in the province could never face.
Since moving into The Court at Brooklin, a care home operated by Atria Retirement, a seniors’ residence chain headquartered in Kentucky, Simmons’s fees for hospitality services have nearly doubled, soaring to $3,349. The increases far outpaced inflation.
“I haven’t been able to keep up with it,” Simmons said. With his pensions no longer covering his living expenses and despite financial assistance from his son, Simmons had to downsize and move into a smaller studio in the same community.
When John Simmons moved to a Whitby seniors’ community in 2021, he and his wife paid $2,739 a month for a large one-bedroom apartment along with hospitality services – three meals a day, housekeeping and bus transportation.
By early 2025, Simmons, now a 96-year-old widower, was paying $4,362 a month for the same unit and services, a nearly 60-per-cent jump.
Residents of seniors’ homes across Ontario have seen their monthly bills balloon over the past few years at rates most other tenants in the province could never face.
Since moving into The Court at Brooklin, a care home operated by Atria Retirement, a seniors’ residence chain headquartered in Kentucky, Simmons’s fees for hospitality services have nearly doubled, soaring to $3,349. The increases far outpaced inflation.
“I haven’t been able to keep up with it,” Simmons said. With his pensions no longer covering his living expenses and despite financial assistance from his son, Simmons had to downsize and move into a smaller studio in the same community.
