October 25, 2021 — CBC Radio

Visitor policies in long-term care

"With the advent of vaccines, it's a bit silly that we're mandating staff to get vaccination in long-term care settings but not actually requiring visitors or family caregivers to do the same. When that could be another way to continue to prevent the ongoing outbreaks we're seeing in our long-term care homes across Ontario, where over 4000 people have died," says Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research.