A Green House Dining Room (copied with permission)
Moving long-term care into small households can’t come soon enough. In his article published in June 2020 in Policy Options, Rudy P. Friesen makes The Case for Moving Long-term Care into Small Households. “Household-type facilities with more personal space must be part of the new normal as we rethink seniors’ care after COVID-19. Big change is overdue.”
Fast forward to 2026. Although some provinces (e.g. Manitoba, Quebec) have adopted the small household approach, why is the change in Ontario and elsewhere so slow?