October 26, 2021 — Zoomer

How better building design can help improve long-term care in Canada

When experts talk about better models of elder care, nearly everyone mentions Denmark. “Canada has emerged as this great under-spender on the provision of long-term care,” says Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA. To provide that care, Canada spends about 1.2 per cent of its GDP, when the average for all 38 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is 1.5 per cent and more than twice that in countries like Denmark.