July 28, 2020 – The World
Isolation may be a greater risk than COVID-19 for residents of Canada's nursing homes
By: Anita Elash
Nursing homes across Canada have recently started to open their doors to family visits. Experts are starting to lobby governments to expedite these reopenings. Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA in Toronto, supported the initial lockdown. He saw a few weeks of lockdown as “a necessary evil,” reasoning that “it’s not going to be great but [that] we have to weigh risks and benefits.”