October 29, 2021 — Toronto Star

Ontario is promising that nursing-home residents will be able to ‘enjoy life.’ Whether it can deliver is another matter

Will the long-term care system be dominated by new inspectors, some of whom, apparently, will come from the ranks of retired police officers? Or, will it work to help homes improve? Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA, believes the “right things are being said” in terms of quality of life and care. But, Sinha asks, how can those goals be achieved without fixing “fundamental issues like staffing?