Sudbury News - New standard needed to recognize more rights of long-term care residents, geriatrician says

"Most recently, there are roughly 2,000 LTC and retirement homes across Canada experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks," said Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research.

"This has resulted in an unprecedented number of residents, for example, who have had to be isolated in their own rooms. And we're now facing yet another lockdown in their own homes, another period of prolonged isolation, and we know the devastating impacts that can have," said Sinha.