Toronto Star - To fix long-term care, we don’t need more beds — we need a transformation

Ontario doesn’t need more of the same long-term care system we already have — we need a transformed system that will better support older Ontarians, and keep more funding available for the actual delivery of health and social services rather than building more large warehouses to provide care, Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research, explains in his Toronto Star opinion piece:

"Any approach that simply focuses on expanding and reinforcing the existing LTC system at the expense of other alternatives to support our aging population — such as home care — is doomed to fail. Even with all its new beds, Ontario’s LTC system will have nowhere near the capacity to cope with the demographic tidal wave coming its way."