The latest CIHI data shows the problem remains “stubbornly high” despite a national target to bring it down, said Dr. Samir Sinha, a geriatrician and clinician scientist at Sinai Health and Toronto’s University Health Network, who was not involved in the report. The CIHI data suggests 24 per cent of long-term care residents in Canada […]

After years of chatting with Dr. Sinha for the Star’s Third Act series, we dig into his perspective on a good old age; the longevity secret he learned from a man who has already lived past 100 and how we can reframe the way governments think about growing old.

Samir Sinha, a geriatrician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, said that what looks like just a group of people getting together for some bingo actually supports both seniors and young people. Although the seniors at Jasper Place might be lonely, he explained that they are actually likely experiencing social isolation, which is different. […]