Our dedicated reporters and columnists have been writing about the deplorable state of long-term care in Ontario for decades. There have been some changes over the years but, unfortunately, the situation continues to worsen with underfunding and overcrowding at Ontario’s long-term care facilities. Yet the events at the Tendercare long-term care facility in Scarborough, just one example of the deadly tragedy unfolding in many such Ontario long-term care facilities, strikingly illustrate the liberties that are being taken with seniors’ rights and, ultimately, their lives. We simply cannot imagine being denied access to the ones we love during this most traumatic of times while also seeing them denied a decent level of treatment and attention. Since the pandemic began, some 87 per cent of all COVID deaths in Ontario have been among those over the age of 70, and about 61 per cent of deaths have been in long-term care facilities.

Source: thestar December 31, 2020 12:30 UTC