There has been a 48 per cent increase in the number of patients with dementia in Ontario since 2010, according to a new analysis of Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) billing released by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) on Thursday.

The Alberta government says the number of patients occupying hospital beds without needing that level of care is a key driver of the need to overhaul the provincial health-care system. Such patients are designated alternate level of care, or ALC. Data obtained by CBC News shows that since 2019, thousands of hospital patients have occupied beds while waiting to move into continuing care, paying millions in accommodation fees until they did.