Elder care reform must start with skills training

 By Sarah Watts-Rynard When it comes to tragedy, the human instinct is to assign blame. In the case of pandemic-induced deaths in Canada’s long-term care facilities, there are no end of culprits: governments for regulatory and oversight failures, owners and managers for poor employment practices, workers for abandoning their posts. Regardless of

It’s time to stop warehousing Canada’s seniors in long-term care

 By John Muscedere and Russell Williams Canada need to initiate a bold long-term strategy for healthy aging The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that Canada needs to change the way we care for our older adults. We have failed in our duty to safeguard the most vulnerable members of

Moving Forward on Health Care Reform

 Why more money for health care is not the answer In the Speech from the Throne and since, the new Liberal government has clearly said it is ready to re-engage with the provinces and territories on health care. This is a welcome development. For most of the past decade, the

Why We Need to Rethink the Nursing Home Model

 We don’t need more nursing home “beds,” we need more care options so people have choices How many nursing beds are needed in Canada to care for frail, elderly people with high care needs? That’s a question that policy makers across the country are grappling with, given the aging population