More money for seniors during COVID-19
By Michael Riley
A greater tragedy in all this than financial, is the grim toll that COVID-19 has taken on seniors’ health and lives in Long Term Care facilities. Dr. Samir Sinha has compared LTC facilities to tinder boxes;
“You have a group of frail, older adults who are in close quarters with each other, with many of them being cared for by the same individual,” he says.