Spindel: Ontario can't build its way out of the long-term care crisis

No one wants to be warehoused as they age, and there are many better ways to care for our elders. Yet the province keeps sinking money into problematic institutions.

Seniors warned the Ontario government four years ago that institutionalizing elders and people with disabilities was unworkable and inhumane. In 2020, with the onset of COVID-19, it was clear that congregating vulnerable people in institutions was dangerous and infection prevention and control was almost impossible. Long-term care institutions had been problematic for decades prior to the pandemic. One press exposé after another had shed light on horrendous conditions there. Inspection reports had also, for decades, revealed that many nursing homes were not meeting regulatory requirements. Read More