What will it take to change long-term care in Canada?

Canada has spent millions for reports on long-term care over two decades with the same basic recommendations.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Jan. 12, 2022, at a presser on the Hill. While much good could potentially come if the recommendations of the new pandemic reports are implemented, it remains the case that duplicative investigations of known findings have far less value than implementation of the solid existing recommendations, write Trina Thorne and Carole Eastabrooks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TRINA THORNE AND CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS

February 7, 2022

The global pandemic marked Canada as an outlier in one significant, tragic way. While seniors in most countries were hit hard, in Canada, a whopping 81 per cent of all deaths in the initial months of the pandemic happened in long-term care, compared to a mean of 42 per cent in other OECD countries. ...

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