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A younger woman dancing with an older woman while several people sit and stand in a circle around them, playing tambourines and other instruments.

Canada’s aging population needs more personal support workers

Illustration of a tree with leaves shaped like hearts. On the branches, they are red. Some of them turn into birds flying away. The fallen leaves are dark or light grey.

The mirage of “death as a benefit”

A paramedic stands among eight or nine patients in a hallway.

The end-of-life care, environment and health system ‘polycrisis’ needs a new approach

How to help older Canadians continue to work

Illustration of a woman lying in a hospital bed. She’s on a ventilator, and her eyes are closed.

Reality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care

Illustration d’une femme poussant une femme âgée en fauteuil roulant dans une chambre.

Improving palliative care requires better data

Provinces need to learn to share lessons as the need for home care and long-term care ramps up

Make palliative care a priority in health-care funding negotiations

Palliative care has been lacking for decades in long-term care

A rare window of opportunity to finally fix long-term care

Why the disconnect between knowledge and policy action in long-term care?

The case for moving long-term care into small households

Governments are about to face some very tough healthcare decisions

Confinement and toxic boredom plagued long-term care before COVID-19

We can draw lessons from countries with strong long-term care systems

The case for public long-term care insurance

Time to heed the evidence on public funding for long-term care

COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes is a gender crisis

Long-term care work is essential but essentially under-recognized

Financing for home care must rise, and be done differently

Les soins de longue durée sous la loupe

COVID-19 is demonstrating the value of family caregivers

The pandemic and the politics of long-term care in Canada

Portrait des CHSLD et enjeux en contexte de pandémie

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