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Officials say improved working conditions could help with nurse retention

We Must Improve Home Support for Seniors: Report

Ontario Nurses Picket for Better Staffing, Better Wages, Better Care

In Alberta, staff shortages led to major care home problems during pandemic

Summerside PEI long-term care home coping with full outbreak of RSV

Nova Scotian health-care unions call for higher legislated standard in nursing homes

Ford proposal would encourage for-profit LTC homes to reduce nursing staff

Two Renfrew County long-term care homes consider letting residents smoke on the property

Manitoba’s new seniors strategy comes with boost to home-care funding over next 2 years

Government of Canada invests $2.5 million in the mental health of older adults and caregivers

As residents live longer and longer, Peel funds study into disturbing rise of elder abuse in care settings

Government help needed for long-term care: Foyer Richelieu CEO

Canadian health minister offers hints about Safe Long-Term Care Act

New standards for long-term care homes come after ‘horrific’ conditions in Mississauga, Brampton and beyond

National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends spring COVID boosters for groups at risk of severe illness

Man with dementia suffers severe burns at Sudbury, Ont., long-term care home

Ontario reviewing nursing agency practices in long-term care homes, minister says

Winnipeg woman says father’s room at Maples care home filthy with old food, urine on the bed, floor

International

Covid-19: Leaked messages reveal casual policy making regarding COVID for LTC in 2020 (UK)

The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you think

Fatcat bosses lapping up luxury as their care homes get one-star hygiene ratings (UK)

US nursing homes aren’t safe amid climate crisis, report finds. And it’s getting worse.

Ohio Governor signs executive order launching task force to address quality of nursing homes

Dementia care programs help, if caregivers can find them (US)

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Presses For Minimum Staffing Standards In Nursing Homes

‘Strong evidence’ more immigrant caregivers improve nursing home quality: researchers (US)

Transitions to post-acute care are getting even more challenging (US)

‘They don’t have enough staff’: Central Pa. nursing home endangered residents, state says

Are Florida’s Nursing Homes Understaffed And What Are The Consequences?

Who will be guardians for legions of ‘unbefriended’ elders? A new initiative tries to address an urgent and growing problem in Mass.

Dementia Care Programs Help, If Caregivers Can Find Them (US)

One accurate measurement is worth 1000 expert opinions—Assessing quality care in assisted living

The human rights of people living in care homes: never again an afterthought

More Than a Thousand Nursing Homes Reached Infection Rates of 75 Percent or More in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Better Protections Are Needed for Future Emergencies (US)

The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Unloving Care Revisited (US)

Nursing home staff and residents not up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters (US)

Academia

Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research. Here’s why it matters, and how to fix it.

University of Manitoba Research Chair to improve quality of life for those in long-term care

University of Alberta’s operating funding to remain the same in Budget 2023