Stories like this will continue. Individuals in hospital taking a bed when they are "dischargeable" is a HUGE problem in Ontario (ALC beds). What a lot of families are cheesed about is the fact that in a regular hospital they are usually not charged a per diem fee. In a Long-Term Care home, however, residents are charged. One way to deal with this problem is that absolutely everyone who is deemed ALC should be required to pay the per diem fee. Not $1100 per day - which may be what the daily rate is at that particular hospital (i.e., someone without OHIP would be charged this amount). The son needs to suck it up and either pay for 24 hour care for his dad or pay the per diem.