09-05-2020 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com

Editorial: A long-term care review is badly needed. Let's do it right

Long-term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton says Ontario will “review” its system of looking after the frail and elderly. This is overdue, given the staggering proportion of COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents. It should not have taken courageous families and front-line workers talking to media about conditions at Ottawa’s Madonna Care Community, or the high number of people lost at the Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, or the tragedy of Almonte Country Haven long-t
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