seniors

New exhibit explores stories of loss, tragedy in long-term care homes

Giving voice to the tales of devastating loss, tragedy, hopes and aspirations, COVID in the House of Old (CIHO) by York University Associate Professor and historian Megan Davies will exhibit at four new GTA locations this fall.

Workforce retention strategies that benefit all in the care economy

For-profit care is a bad idea that won’t die, co-writes Prof Pat Armstrong. She discusses why the idea of privatization in health care is like a zombie re-emerging from the grave

COVID-19 in long-term care homes – what needs to be done differently?

COVID-19 has hit long-term residential care facilities particularly hard. It’s a situation brought on in part by a lack of attention to a sector many people choose to ignore, but York University Professor Pat Armstrong, who led the 10-year project Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care, says that needs to change. Armstrong and her international team recently published the report, Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care in the COVID-19 Crisis.