In a recent letter to the editor published in the Toronto Star, I drew this parallel to stress that the institutional model of care, often driven by profits, is at the root of a failing system. We can and must do better.
“The Star has shown great leadership in exposing the longstanding public policy failure in long-term care in Ontario. But, it took a disappointing step backward in Saturday’s editorial by relieving the pressure on for-profit LTC operators. For-profit institutions are to LTC what coal-fired electricity plants are to the fossil fuel industry.” […]
