“The majority of nursing homes across the country have found an excuse to not do something,” he said. When can we do that?” said Sue Graham-Nutter, the head of two nursing homes in Toronto where 98 percent of residents have been vaccinated. “They want to go and hang out with their friends,” said Ms. Graham-Nutter, the chief executive of Rekai Centres. “Long-term care residents should be able to come and go like everybody else,” said Jane Meadus, a lawyer at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, a legal clinic for seniors. “Does the fact you live in long-term care give you less charter rights?”

Source: New York Times March 09, 2021 09:56 UTC