Wake-Up Call: Canada's Long-Term Care Crisis | SFU Public Square

Описание: COVID-19 has been a painful wake-up call to the gaps in our underfunded and devalued long-term care system, with 82% of pandemic-related deaths in Canada happening in care homes. How much suffering could have been avoided if appropriate investments and policy changes had been made before the pandemic?

On National Seniors Day, we invited long-term care providers, administrators and safety representatives at Wake-Up Call: Canada’s Long Term Care Crisis to hear about their experiences during COVID-19 and discuss how to create a community of care that provides older adults with safety, dignity and comfort—during and beyond the pandemic.

This online conversation was presented by SFU Public Square, the SFU Department of Gerontology, the SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and SFU Advancement and Alumni Engagement.

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Speakers:

Lou Black, Director of Research and Policy at Hospital Employees' Union
https://www.heu.org/

Dan Levitt, Executive Director at Tabor Village
https://www.taborvillage.org/

Jennifer Lyle, Chief Executive Officer of SafeCare BC
https://www.safecarebc.ca/

Joy Parsons, Chief Executive Officer of Fair Haven Homes Society
http://www.fairhaven.bc.ca/

Isobel Mackenzie, BC Seniors Advocate
https://www.seniorsadvocatebc.ca/

Moderated by Habib Chaudhary, Chain and Professor of SFU's Department of Gerontology
https://www.sfu.ca/gerontology.html

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