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How elders from Nunavut end up in long-term care thousands of kilometres from home

Here’s what you need to know about 4th doses of COVID vaccine

B.C. should reverse misguided COVID-19 policies for long-term care homes

More than 80 continuing care homes in Calgary on provincial outbreak list

‘The System Is So Broken’: What It’s Like In Long-Term Care Right Now

Ontario-based long-term care company suddenly deletes its Twitter account

Conflicts between nursing home residents are often chalked up to dementia – the real problem is inadequate care and neglect

‘It’s not right to separate us’: elderly St. John’s woman at risk of being separated from her husband due to ‘cruel’ long-term care policies

COVID-19 outbreaks declared at more long-term care facilities on Vancouver Island

National, local advocates applaud creation of Manitoba department dedicated to seniors

The loved ones we lost in long-term care get artistic tribute in this new exhibition

Stats show it’s a long-term care crisis, not a COVID crisis

Long-term care standards a difficult balance

Inquest into Quebec long-term care deaths during pandemic’s first wave to resume

Nova Scotia puts out call to fill long-term care jobs

Islanders respond in big way to call for long-term home help

Staffing still Achilles heel of Quebec’s fragile network of long-term care homes

Long-term care essential visitor rules lack clarity: advocates

Sask. long-term care homes dangerously understaffed as workers isolate due to COVID: CUPE president

Ontario LTCs uneasy about approaching booster mandate deadline amid Omicron wave

COVID-19 infections hit new peak in long-term care staff

Alberta plans to end single-site order for continuing-care workers next month

Some N.S. long-term care homes barring visitors, designated caregivers amid Omicron wave

Central Labrador family says mother isn’t being fed properly in long-term care

Mixed messages on care-home testing frustrate facility operators

Staffing shortages key concern as Alberta’s continuing care homes battle 5th wave

Overworked and underpaid in LTC

International

Global burden of Alzheimer’s projected to triple

Investigating lack of aging services in rural Colorado

I’m a Longtime Union Organizer. But I Had Never Seen Anything Like This.

The Alzheimer’s Association and The Joint Commission collaborate to improve quality and safety

Death of a nursing home resident: Complaints about long-term care in Illinois are usually dismissed. One woman’s case sheds light on how the system works.

Academia

Nursing schools come under strain as pandemic wears on