‘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, […]
Long Term Care
The Conversation
In July 2020, 26 people died in a single for-profit long-term care home (LTC) in Ontario. These people did not
Five steps for tackling Canada’s long-term care crisis
Canada’s long-term care sector was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapidly climbing patient deaths, a lack of safety provisions
But inside is a social movement
Like many Canadians who watched news footage of nursing homes during the COVID-19 lockdown—the blurred faces looking out at families
Ontario moved 424 people into nursing homes they didn’t choose
There were 424 discharged patients who moved to a nursing home not of their choosing out of 20,261 patients who