Canada Long-term Care

• New long-term care home standards highlight ‘time is of the essence,’ authors urge

  The standards from the panel of experts says those who work in long-term care residences must be paid more, and for governments to make sure recommendations are followed.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2023
  
• COVID-19 project tracking long-term care homes halted due to lack of data

  The project run by the National Institute on Ageing launched in April 2020 and presents information about cases, outbreaks and deaths at long-term care homes.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2022
  
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• Canada’s new national long-term care standards released. Here’s what is different

  A draft of updated recommendations to improve care provided by nursing homes was unveiled Thursday and will now undergo a 60-day public review.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2022
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• Many Canadians willing to pay more in taxes to fund changes to long-term care, poll finds

  British Columbians are the most willing to pay more, with three in five saying they are OK with a two-per-cent increase in personal taxes to fund long-term care.

  Health

  Jul 26, 2021
• The Canadian long-term care dilemma — where are we headed?

  When Barbara Heuman could only see her husband through the window of a long-term care home, she began the process of bringing him home.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2021
• Canada’s proportion of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes top 16 other nations: study

  As of May 25, long-term care residents made up 81 per cent of all reported COVID-19 deaths in the country, compared to an average of 42 per cent among all countries studied.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2020
• ‘A failed venture’: Unifor president says Canada needs better long-term care system

  Jerry Dias, the president of Canada's largest private sector union, says Canada needs "a better system than we have today."

  Health

  May 24, 2020