This is not isolated to Ontario hospitals. In BC, my 92 year-old dad with dementia (now deceased) was in hospital. As a veteran he was eligible to be placed into long-term care at a facility for ex-vets. I had spoken with veterans affairs and with the facility and they said a bed was available for him, but he needed to be referred by the hospital. The hospital knew this. Instead, they decided to send him home with a list of medications to take at different times of the day. How impossible! The guy at veterans affairs told me to take him back to the hospital and leave him there. I have no faith in our superior (what some people believe) medical system. Situation with my mom was different, but equally shameful.