February 22, 2021 – The Tyee
What Will Canada Do to Fix Its Senior Care Fail?
By: Christopher Guly
Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the NIA said that the amount Canada spends on publicly funded long-term care is one-third less than the average by the 37 member countries of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development.
He said more money, too, should go to supporting frail people at home. “We also spend a disproportionate amount of our dollars — 87 cents of every dollar — to warehouse people in care homes as opposed to supporting them in their homes. In the average OECD country, a third of their spending goes toward the provision of home and community care — or about three times more than what we spend,” he explained.