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This recent study from the Conversation highlights that deaths were nearly three times higher in for-profit homes than in government run homes. But it also notes that the number of deaths in non-profit homes that were not government run, were about double the level of the government run homes. It agrees with other reports in documenting that for-profit homes should be phased out. But it goes further, calling for a thorough examination of the issues in non-profit homes that were not government run and suggesting that these be addressed as well. – David Thornley
“The COVID-19 pandemic has been a humanitarian catastrophe for long-term care facilities. A series of policy failures, combined with existing systemic weaknesses , have left Canadians in long-term care extremely vulnerable to COVID-19. It’s difficult to overstate the scale of this crisis. Almost 4,000 long-term care residents in Ontario […] “
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