November 16, 2020 – Toronto Star
‘An attractive investment:’ As private equity scoops up Ontario nursing homes, there are concerns about whether profit-driven facilities can best care for fragile seniors
By: Moira Welsh
Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing, worked on a study published in the summer that found for-profit homes, often within larger chains, had more COVID infections and deaths. He also worked on a recent study that examined reasons for the spread. It concluded that crowded homes (with shared rooms, narrow hallways and old ventilation) “were more likely to experience larger and deadlier COVID-19 outbreaks. “It’s not as simple as saying all for-profit is bad and all non-profit is good,” he said.