LTC Crisis: Are staffing shortages putting our seniors at risk?

Описание: When COVID-19 hit two years ago, the nation was appalled at how Canada’s most vulnerable and those caring for them were so exposed to – and devastated by – the virus.

Since then, more than 16,000 people in Canada’s long-term care system have died of COVID-19. For the first nine months of the pandemic, Menno Place in Abbotsford, BC, safeguarded its residents.

But when it finally hit, the wave of illness and death was devastating. Now, they are dealing with another crisis – staffing shortages.

For The New Reality, Dawna Friesen speaks with its CEO Karen Biggs about the problem plaguing LTC homes across Canada, and some solutions.

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