July 25, 2021 - CBC News

Long waits for Toronto-area nursing homes geared to cultural groups reflect need for more of them, report says

By: Michelle Meiklejohn

A recent study that looked at enhancing data collection in long-term care settings in Canada called for the government to collect a standardized set of sociodemographic information, including age, sex assigned at birth, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, language and Indigenous identity — something that many other countries, including the U.K., Australia and the U.S., already do.

"I think if we were to kind of take up this mandate and advocate for better sociodemographic data collection, we get a better sense of who's accessing and who isn't, and that will give us a sense of where to start directing policy and implementing measures," said Dr. Ashley Flanagan, NIA Research Fellow.