Correction: This story had previously stated that the process to develop the new national long-term care standards started in March 2020. The story has now been updated with the correct start date, which was in fact March 2021. New national…
The spotlight on Ontario’s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province’s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflections from…
People with intellectual disabilities and autism are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates than other people in at least two states in the U.S., according to new data collected by NPR. In Pennsylvania, people with intellectual disabilities and autism are dying at a rate twice as high as…
The Ontario Disability Workers Association says the industry is facing a staffing crisis and has launched a campaign calling on the provincial government to take action. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, many of those who work with people with…
