April 8, 2021 - Hill Times Research
Independent, apolitical process to updating Canadian long-term care standard begins
The uneven use of long-term care (LTC) standards across Canada has become a political discussion during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a federal Liberal promise, but the experts driving a new process to updating an existing standard are promising an independent, non-politicized course of action.
“This process basically is not dependent on … what any of the federal politicians or the provincial and territorial politicians wishes it to be. The key is standards are standards, they’re developed independently, [and] they’re developed by arm’s-length bodies,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA.