Moira Welsh

The $21 million in federal aid went to the home-care subsidiary ParaMed. Critics say taxpayers are bankrolling the parent company’s wealthy shareholders.

Inside Scarborough’s Tendercare home, where more than 100 COVID cases are reportedly active among residents, dozens of staff have tested positive and two physicians and the executive director were sick with the virus.

Amid the bleak headlines, Moira Welsh tells the story of Susie, who has Alzheimer’s, and hated the town-hall-style day program where she was dropped off. Then came a moment of inspiration.

For weeks Natalie Babineau’s daughters had complained to nursing home staff about the putrid smell coming from the 93-year-old woman. When a nurse finally peeled back the bandages, they finally realized the extent of her suffering. Part three of Natalie’s story.

An Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) survey sent to 3,300 members reveals devastating impacts the pandemic has had on long-term care nurses.

The report said that unless there are deep reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, the global surface temperatures will rise.

Real reform of long-term care would enable the elderly to live with purpose, and provide workers with meaning and autonomy in their jobs, Moira Welsh writes.

The University Health Network’s NORC Innovation Centre is helping residents launch a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community with supports for aging at home.

If mandatory and properly funded, the standards could help residents live with individual choice in activities, schedules and lifestyle, including sexual identity.

“COVID in the House of Old,” which tells the stories of people who died in long-term care, is touring across Canada.