Ontario long-term care homes faced 3 times more respiratory infection outbreaks than retirement homes from 2014-19
By Victoria Gibson
“There are these consistent, underlying systemic vulnerabilities,” Samir Sinha — who has been tracking COVID-19 outbreaks for Ryerson’s National Institute of Ageing — told iPolitics. He pointed to issues around multi-bed rooms, especially in older homes, and the practice of staff moving between facilities that was halted in mid-April.