Why the word ‘Elder’ is more than just a word

Dump the private companies in long-term care. The model was attempted, and it failed. Move on. Regulate long-term care funding through non-profit organizations with health expertise.

The provinces could follow one of the most successful programs in the past two decades in Indigenous health, the Aboriginal Head Start program, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

June 1, 2020

OTTAWA—The Canadian Forces Health Services Group has stepped into the gap in long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec, and voiced alarm at the state of care for seniors. Thankfully the professionalism and caring of this core group will have a huge impact for seniors trying to live in long-term c...

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