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It’s time to overhaul long-term care, advocates say. Here’s what they suggest.

Nurses’ union calls on federal government to take lead in addressing nursing shortages

Health authority’s efforts to assist at Montreal nursing home hindered by bureaucratic delays, inquest told

How Quebec’s response to COVID-19 left 4,000 dead in long-term care homes

We need national standards for long-term care in Canada

Herron nursing home was disorganized prior to pandemic, former staff member says

Nurse tells of ‘chaos’ at Herron nursing home during pandemic’s 1st wave

Seniors Calling ~ The unsexy, but wholly important topic of ventilation

The Parties’ Shared Failure on Long-Term Care

Herron long-term care residents died of thirst, malnourishment, Quebec coroner’s inquest told

Not-For-Profit Long-Term Care Coalition Implementing Mandatory Vaccines for All Workers, AdvantAge Ontario Considering Legal Fund for Fallout

How can we start to make Canada’s long-term care homes about care, not profit?

Caressant Care implementing mandatory staff vaccination policy

The Canadian Association for Long Term Care, CanAge, Canadian Nurses Association and HealthCareCAN call on the Federal Government to Develop a Dedicated Seniors’ Care Transfer

The push to fill Canada’s critical PSW shortage

Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union warns staff shortages have reached critical point

RNAO celebrates its inaugural Long-Term Care Best Practice Spotlight Organization Host: UniversalCare Canada Inc.

NDP, Greens and Liberals have plans to fix a broken long-term-care system, but they don’t go far enough

COVID-19 outbreak declared at B.C. long-term care home after 7 people test positive

Average age of Canadian COVID deaths is 86

Health-care workers face ‘moral injury’ from work stress, protests, says expert

Alberta confronted by rising number of COVID-19 long-term care outbreaks

18 months into pandemic, still no major fixes for Canada’s long-term care system issues

Families fight licence renewal for Orchard Villa LTC home

Masks once again required in Sask. long-term care homes

Two residents die after COVID-19 outbreak at Oshawa long-term care home

N.B.’s nursing home association raises the alarm over the number of unvaccinated workers

Saskatoon-area long-term care homes to tighten visitor restrictions

International

Prepare for another complicated flu season, with chance of a ‘twindemic’

At U.S. nursing homes, aides were the least likely workers to be vaccinated, a study shows.

Representation of Women Among Editors in Chief of Leading Medical Journals

Academia

‘Manager of the miscellaneous:’ why you need a business administration partner

How can social network analysis benefit transdisciplinary research?

Online mentoring fills a gap for young researchers