April 3, 2021 - Toronto Star
‘It’s like we’re not here at all’: Homebound seniors feel like COVID-19 vaccination rollout has failed them
By: Francine Kopun
There are an estimated 20,000 people over the age of 65 in Toronto who are homebound — meaning they cannot or rarely leave their homes — and 75,000 across the province, according to Dr. Samir Sinha, the Seniors Clinical Lead, for Ontario Health’s Toronto Region and the Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA.
It will take several months to immunize all the seniors who are homebound in Toronto, Sinha said. “We’ve never vaccinated this many homebound people ever in the history of Toronto.”