February 11, 2021 – Hill Times Research
Prime Minister says national LTC standards conversations with provinces “coming along” but “not as fast as” he would like
By: Tessie Sanci
The federal government is in active conversations with the provinces on national long-term care (LTC) standards, and will begin a program by first working with provinces who are eager to participate, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a virtual roundtable discussion with health care professionals on Feb. 11.
Dr. Samir Sinha, director of policy and co-chair of Ryerson University’s National Institute of Ageing (NIA) said he did not believe that the process to develop national standards had to start from scratch and that it would be possible to consider existing standards, but that officials would have to study those standards to determine if they are suitable for a federal program.