Warehousing disabled people in long-term care homes needs to stop. Instead, nationalize home care.

Authors Kelly Fritsch & Fady Shanouda
var TRINITY_TTS_WP_CONFIG = {"cleanText":"Warehousing disabled people in long-term care homes needs to stop. Instead, nationalize home care.. This story was originally published on The Conversation .\u00a0 The failures in both private and publicly funded long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada have led to 15,000 COVID-19 deaths . Calls to reform LTC through nationalization have become widespread, garnering support from unions , national advocacy organizations and political parties . While LTC is often considered to be a necessary institution to support the complex medical care needs of seniors, LTC facilities are used to warehouse disabled people who require 24-hour care, regardless of age . And nationalizing LTC fails to adequately resolve the ableism of warehousing disabled people, ultima

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