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The Toronto Star – ‘It’s the seniors who suffer.’ 73 residents have died at Tendercare. Grieving families ask: Where’s the accountability?
The lack of accountability is an age-old practice in long-term care, said Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge, a national seniors’ advocacy group. “What we have seen here is a continuation of what we’ve seen for decades, which is finger pointing at someone else,” Tamblyn Watts said.
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2021/01/09/its-the-seniors-who-suffer-73-residents-have-died-at-tendercare-grieving-families-ask-wheres-the-accountability.html
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