Long-Term Care Facilities in Ontario: Long-term care facilities are for patients seeking 24-hour care, they are sometimes called nursing homes. retirement. Providing safety and quality of life through nursing care and endless supervision. Long-term care facilities are operated by for-profit or non-profit organizations. Long-term care facilities are generally classified by ownership: Proprietary (for-profit) meaning owned by an individual or corporation and operated for profit. Religious, meaning owned and operated by a religious organization, secular/charitable, meaning owned and operated by a voluntary, non-governmental, non-religious organization. (non-profit). And others would be municipal, regional, provincial and federal. “Ontario has 17% for-profit, 46% government-owned, 18% non-profit and 19% religious long-term care facilities. This represents a rate of 48.4% non-profit homes and a rate of 51.6% for-profit organizations” (Banerjee, An Overview of Long-Term Care in Canada and Selected Provinces and Territories). Throughout this research paper, terms will be grouped by looking at for-profit facilities and not-for-profit facilities in Ontario. This document also intends to promote the need to maximize priorities in long-term care facilities, as they lack the necessary funds to fully realize the quality mission. “If you take away the public relations aspect, it is clear that even the for-profit association admits that cutting food and staff costs and charging higher fees is a practice aimed at maximizing profits from the homes . Conversely, municipalities invest funds in facility operating budgets to improve care. Nonprofit fundraising to provide activities and equipment. They act... middle of paper ...... factors seem to impinge on building relationships between staff and residents - one was the lack of staff and, therefore, the lack of time that staff can spend with residents and the other concerned continuity of care. An increase in government funding can increase staffing and training can be delivered more effectively, increasing the quality of life for patients. (Coughlan and Ward, 51). Conclusion: In conclusion, government funding for long-term care facilities must be increased to allow for maximum capacity to provide quality care to seniors and equal accessibility to homes and care. Ways to achieve this include increasing staff funding for training and recruitment, as well as purchasing equipment to improve care. Government funding should also help older people reduce the cost of living in care homes and enable equal access to homes and home care..