Bringing Long-Term Care Home: A Proposal to Create a Virtual Long-Term Care @ Home Program to Support a More Cost-Effective and Sustainable Way to Provide Long-Term Care Across Ontario

November 2020
By: Samir K. Sinha and Chief Michael Nolan

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The provision of long-term care is at crossroads in Ontario. The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light not only some of the system’s pre-existing systemic vulnerabilities, but has also exacerbated its capability to serve more people in need of long-term care services. This paper proposes that the Government of Ontario’s Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care collaborate to enable the creation of a Virtual Long-Term Care @ Home Program.