August 12, 2021 - Winnipeg Press

Parkview Place closure sparks home care discussion

By: Katie May

Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research for Ryerson University's National Institute on Ageing, is part of the team working on creating new national standards for Canada's long-term care system. The standards are expected to be finalized next fall.

Sinha said many of the issues at Parkview Place that led to widespread infections during the COVID-19 pandemic — including crowded quarters and lack of staff — are common systemic problems brought on by chronic underfunding of long-term care homes and management companies' razor-thin profit margins to keep them running.