It’s time to put an end to the horrors our elders endure

The following is an excerpt from 'Neglected No More,' by Andre Picard and published by Penguin Random House Canada. It is one of the five finalists for the 2021 Donner Prize, the best public policy book in the country.

'Neglected No More isn’t a book about COVID-19, except peripherally. It’s a plea to stop dehumanizing elders, and to reimagine long-term care,' writes André Picard in this excerpt of his Donner Prize-finalist book.Photographs handouts

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BY ANDRé PICARD

May 16, 2022

When eldercare makes headlines in Canada, it’s usually news of the worst kind. On June 26, 2017, former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was sentenced to life in prison for murdering eight vulnerable elders in care homes where she worked in southwestern Ontario. The inquiry that followed concluded that...

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