Ontario’s long-term care (LTC) system provides adults with healthcare and assisted living services when they require access to 24-hour nursing and personal care services. These long-term care facilities are often identified under various names across the province, and can be referred to as nursing homes, continuing care facilities and residential care homes. It has been well established that for many decades now, the LTC system in Ontario has been overburdened, and this has only been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic (1). As the Canadian population continues to age, and more demand is placed on already limited resources, a robust and sustainable remodeling of LTC facilities in Ontario is needed to improve health outcomes for Ontario’ present and future LTC residents.
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