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Report calls out ‘systemic’ failings in Canada’s long-term care system
long-term care, according to a highly critical report that examines the issue in light of the COVID-19 crisis.The report released Friday by the Royal Society of Canada found the pandemic was a “shock wave” that exposed many long-standing deficiencies in the system and caused high levels of “physical, mental and emotional suffering” for seniors. Canada’s proportion of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes top 16 other nations: study “Those lives lost unnecessarily had value,” reads the report by a working group that was chaired by Dr.