April 30, 2021 - CBC News
Resident isolation, staffing remain significant concerns in Ontario long-term care centres
Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA, said those restrictions, which included limiting visits from family members, had profound mental health effects on residents, and included the worsening of loneliness, social isolation, depression and dementia.
Now, with almost every resident vaccinated, and the risks of outbreaks significantly declined, Sinha said the burden of the restrictions are probably doing more harm than good.
"And I think a lot of people are losing hope because we're not re-opening homes in the way we should."