“It’s not that we don’t know what needs to be done. And it’s not that we didn’t learn more about what works (and) what doesn’t work,” said Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of seniors’ advocacy group CanAge. “The challenge has been the lag time in implementing those needed changes in Ontario — that has been fundamentally the problem.”
The Toronto Star – These numbers reveal a worrying trend in Ontario long-term-care home deaths
“It’s not that we don’t know what needs to be done. And it’s not that we didn’t learn more about what works (and) what doesn’t work,” said Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of seniors’ advocacy group CanAge. “The challenge has been the lag time in implementing those needed changes in Ontario — that has been fundamentally the problem.”
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01/01/these-numbers-reveal-a-worrying-trend-in-ontario-long-term-care-home-deaths.html
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