This COVID-19 Risk Decision Quiz Will Help You Decide If Seeing People Is Worth It
By: Mel Woods
The 10-minute quiz was developed by researchers at the National Institute of Ageing, a public policy research centre at Ryerson University in Toronto, and walks you through exactly how risky your planned interactions with friends or loved ones are when it comes to COVID-19.
How to protect long-term care homes during COVID-19 outbreak
Geriatric care specialist and Associate Fellow at the NIA, Dr. Nathan Stall joins The Morning Show to talk about the new COVID-19 restrictions and the most vulnerable group in the pandemic.
At home and abroad, examples of how seniors can stay safe from COVID-19 without isolation
“We’ve learned a lot more -- the fact that there can be such a degree of collateral damage by simply isolating people to this extent,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, the director of health policy research at the NIA, who has long been advocating for a better balance between restrictions and the well-being of residents.
The state of Canada’s long-term care in the second wave
COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada’s long-term care homes are rising as the second wave plays out
At home and abroad, examples of how seniors can stay safe from COVID-19 without isolation
“We’ve learned a lot more -- the fact that there can be such a degree of collateral damage by simply isolating people to this extent,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the NIA, who has long been advocating for a better balance between restrictions and the well-being of residents.
Facing another retirement home lockdown, 90-year-old chooses medically assisted death
Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA, commends the family for telling their mother’s story. “I do appreciate that this family has come forward, especially when the balance of evidence out there actually says that these restrictions, in too many circumstances, are overly restrictive and actually causing unnecessary harm,” Sinha told CTV News.
80% of the deaths in Ontario due to COVID-19 during the first wave were people living in long term care. As the second wave sweeps Ontario, will seniors continue to be the virus's main victims? Dr. Samir Sinha, the Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA, says more needs to be done protect them;
Concerns grow as COVID-19 continues to take devastating toll on Alberta care homes
By: Sarah Rieger
Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the NIA , said Alberta isn't doing enough to protect its most vulnerable. "The only way that we're actually going to get this under better control is if we significantly reduce the level of community transmission and make sure these homes have the proper staffing in place," he said.
Questions over Ontario long-term care deaths
Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the NIA, discusses why we're still seeing outbreaks and deaths in Ontario long-term care homes.
During the COVID pandemic, it has become even more imperative to examine how we treat our elder generations. In this episode, Zale is joined by geriatrician Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA.
Dr. Samir Sinha is the director of health policy research at the National Institute on Ageing in Toronto shares some sobering stats about the effect COVID has had on seniors and a new survey that reveals more than half of Canadians say the pandemic has changed their opinion on where they want to age.
What can be done to keep long term care safe?
Guest - Dr. Samir Sinha -Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA
Absence of standard protocols on COVID-19 testing leaves nursing homes vulnerable
Bob Bell, a former hospital chief executive officer and deputy health minister in Ontario, is calling for frequent, routine testing in nursing homes across the country. “If we were to screen people coming into long-term care twice a week instead of every two weeks with a test that’s appropriate, we would drop the death rate,” Dr. Bell said in an interview
She survived the Holocaust and died of COVID-19. Her family says pandemic's human toll is lost in the numbers
By: Shanifa Nasser
But stories like Malvina's are increasingly lost amid the daily din of numbers, said Toronto geriatrician Nathan Stall. That's not just a matter of sentiment, he said, but ultimately has an impact on policy itself.
Ancaster's Chartwell Willowgrove long-term care facility battles COVID-19 as Ontario offers further help
By: Kevin Werner
During a virtual news conference held Nov. 12, hosted by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing, accused the province of failing older residents in long-term care homes during the pandemic, calling it “our provincial shame.
Ford pledges increased testing in long-term care homes as deaths climb in facilities
Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing, a clinical epidemiology and health-care researcher at the University of Toronto, said bolstered testing will not be enough to halt the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care.
Ontario’s public health units are ill-equipped to store Pfizer’s promising vaccine
By Charlie Pinkerton and Iain Sherriff-Scott.
But the logistics involved in inoculating enough Ontarians with Pfizer’s vaccine, should it be approved, would be daunting, Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the National institute on Ageing in Toronto, told iPolitics.
Fight against COVID-19 full of half measures, doctor says
Dr. Samir Sinha is among a group of medical professionals who have taken to social media to urge the Canadian government to implement a #COVIDzero strategy because, they say, measures taken to control COVID-19 have not been effective enough.
‘An attractive investment:’ As private equity scoops up Ontario nursing homes, there are concerns about whether profit-driven facilities can best care for fragile seniors
By: Moira Welsh
Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing, worked on a study published in the summer that found for-profit homes, often within larger chains, had more COVID infections and deaths. He also worked on a recent study that examined reasons for the spread. It concluded that crowded homes (with shared rooms, narrow hallways and old ventilation) “were more likely to experience larger and deadlier COVID-19 outbreaks. “It’s not as simple as saying all for-profit is bad and all non-profit is good,” he said.
Why COVID-19 is finding its way back into long-term care homes
A growing number of long-term care homes are again overrun with COVID-19. Familiar and horrific scenes are again playing out. The problem? The virus may move quickly, but there's no quick fix for problems in the long-term care sector that go back years.
