October 19, 2021 — The Philanthropist - Sector News Digest

Tougher standards for the long-term care sector

Hope may be on the horizon, says the Health Standards Organization (HSO), which has just released the results of a nationwide survey of more than 16,000 Canadians on new LTC standards. “We are on the precipice of long-overdue reform, improvement and progress in our systems of long-term care,” HSO notes in a press release. The report will help guide the National Long-Term Care Services Standards Technical Committee – chaired by Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at Ryerson University’s National Institute on Ageing.