Tamara Daly on the Global News ” 271 coronavirus deaths could have been prevented by removing 4-bed care rooms, study suggests, Andrew Russel Global News”. Posted on 12 August 2020
YU-CARE members Jaclyn Hurley and Ellen Bialystock receive NSERC Discovery Grant Posted on 21 July 2020
Are you OK, Boomer? Assistant Professor Brad Meisner wrote about intergenerational tensions on social media amid COVID-19 in Leisure Sciences journal Posted on 9 July 2020 TaylorAndFrancisOnline Article
People of York U: Sean Hillier shares his experience Posted on 23 June 2020 York U PeopleOfYU Article
Faculty of Health Professor Brad Meisner collaborated on a joint statement of the Canadian Association on Gerontology and the Canadian Journal on Aging about the response needed to understand the impact COVID-19 has on older adults and aging in Canada Posted on 18 June 2020 Cambridge Article
Australia’s COVID-19 successes shine a light on Canada’s troubled long-term care sector, Terrence McKenna, CBC News, The National Posted on 16 June 2020 CBC Article
How Australia’s long-term care system avoided COVID-19 crisis, CBC News, The National Posted on 16 June 2020
Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes — which have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths — have 17% fewer workers, new Star analysis reveals Posted on 9 June 2020 The Star Article
For-profit nursing homes have had far worse COVID-19 outcomes than public facilities — and three of the largest paid out $1.5 billion to shareholders, Marco Chown Oved, Kenyon Wallace, Brendan Kennedy, Front page, May 16, 2020 Posted on 4 June 2020 The Star Article
Maryam Shaw, Ottawa needs to address long-term care crisis via funding, national standards: doctors Posted on 4 June 2020
