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She died in February. But her long-term care home didn’t notify the family until nearly a month later

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Why did it take almost a month for Melanie Barker’s family to be notified that she had died inside her London, Ont. long-term care home?

That’s the question Barker’s loved ones are still asking.

Barker, 66, died on Feb. 12 at Mount Hope Centre for Long-Term Care, where she had been living for nearly a decade.

“This shouldn’t have

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