1 James McGill Professor and Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC), Department of Political Science, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2 Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Aging and Public Policy, Scientific Director, Centre de recherche et d'expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGÉS), Department of Political Science, Concordia University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

COVOID-19 and Long-Term Care Policy for Older People in Canada.

J Aging Soc Policy. 2020 May 18;:1-7

Authors: Béland D, Marier P

Abstract

Older people are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, including and especially people living in long-term care facilities. In this Perspective, we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care policy in Canada. More specifically, we use the example of recent developments in Quebec, where a tragedy in a specific facility is acting as a dramatic "focusing event". It draws attention to the problems facing long-term care facilities, considering existing policy legacies and the opening of a "policy window" that may facilitate comprehensive reforms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PMID: 32419658 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]