March 31, 2021 – Toronto Star
COVID-19 revealed the shortcomings of long-term care in Canada. Could a new push for national standards be the solution?
There is some overlap, so the two organizations are collaborating, said Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto. He has been tapped to lead the HSO committee to shape a better standard for services and operations.
“This will be meaningful work because it’s actually going to be the basis of care at least in two-thirds of our homes across the country,” Sinha said in an interview. “But potentially it could be adopted universally if the provinces, and the territories and the federal government want to support that as well.”