November 30, 2021 — Sage Magazine

Rebooting long-term care

“We currently spend between $22 billion and $24 billion… across Canada providing long-term care,” says Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research. “Each of the provinces and territories have been left to their own devices to figure out how they may want to provide long-term care services. Funding levels vary significantly, coverage levels vary, the way it’s organized varies, the terminology significantly varies. While you can say hospitals in one province are like hospitals in another, long-term care looks very different, not only across provinces and territories in Canada, but even within provinces and territories.”