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‘The System Is So Broken’: What It’s Like In Long-Term Care Right Now

Nizi calls her mother’s long-term care facility every night. During each call, she asks someone on staff if Maria, 83, […]

In July 2020, 26 people died in a single for-profit long-term care home (LTC) in Ontario. These people did not

Canada’s long-term care sector was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapidly climbing patient deaths, a lack of safety provisions

Like many Canadians who watched news footage of nursing homes during the COVID-19 lockdown—the blurred faces looking out at families

There were 424 discharged patients who moved to a nursing home not of their choosing out of 20,261 patients who

Cobourg, ON – March 21, 2024 – After six years of tireless service on the roads of Northumberland, a former ambulance

“Once you retire, you’re out on your own, and there’s nothing.” Ernie Mothus, a retired paramedic and mental health advocate,

Inspiration from the Dutch When Terry was 15, she and her father struggled to provide her terminally ill mother with

While Canada’s average national vacancy rate sits at a record low of 1.5 per cent, there is one kind of

Wonder what’s considered a normal part of the aging process? Here’s what to expect as you get older — and