“Seniors want to continue to live among young people and families—not just play golf or be entertained to death”
Tag Archives: long-term care
Ontario proposes $1-million fines for long-term care homes that fail to meet standards
Politics Insider for Oct. 29, 2021: Nursing home operators could pay millions; Liberals get antsy; Manitoba gets stiffed
The push to fill Canada’s critical PSW shortage
New programs offering faster—and tuition-free—training are cropping up around the country. But are they enough?
The joy and shock of face-to-face human contact
Image of the Week: Thanks to vaccination, a Seattle family’s long and painful separation ends in an eye-popping moment of delight
COVID-19 in long-term care: a report from inside
Paul Wells: Commissioned by one of the country’s largest long-term care home operators, the report takes a hard look at what went wrong and how to fix it
The year of the pandemic has busted the myth that Canada values its seniors
Decades of promises to improve the quality of life of elderly Canadians have gone unfulfilled. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the ugly truth.
Seniors deserve a life worth living during the COVID-19 pandemic
Our editorial: While physical isolation is key to the current approach to fighting COVID-19, it is also a significant causal factor in mental and physical problems among the elderly
In 2007, Howard Hampton went on a tirade about long-term care. We all moved on.
Karl Bélanger: The main issue Howard Hampton raised 13 years ago, on a sunny October day just six days before the Ontario election, was that seniors were living in long-term-care homes in soiled diapers. It didn’t resonate much.
The endless crisis in Ontario’s long-term care
Paul Wells: Ford has vowed to ‘leave no stone unturned’. Here’s one expert’s view of how to fix a crisis that’s been unfolding for years.
How the pandemic would have been different if PSWs were regulated
Laura Bulmer: Licensing PSWs would ensure they have standardized training and better pay. It would address the workforce shortages. Above all, it would help keep the public safe.