Peeling back the layers: the over-regulation of long-term care

Layers upon layers of rules, reporting requirements and prohibitions have seemingly paralyzed a workforce whose sole function is to care for our seniors.

In long-term care, the result of over-regulation is the crippling of workers who are required to spend more time on compliance than they are on care, writes Joanna Carroll, a lawyer and the chief administrative officer of Think Research.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Joanna Carroll

February 7, 2022

There are countless problems plaguing long-term care in Canada, but near the top is regulation. Not a lack of regulation, rather an overabundance. For decades, our response to any crisis, complication or elementary inconvenience in long-term care has been to add more regulation in a misguided attem...

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