A national standards association is calling for profound changes to the way Canada’s long-term care facilities are run after the pandemic exposed serious weaknesses that contributed to thousands of deaths.
The package released today by the Canadian Standards Association runs to 338 draft recommendations for new long-term care standards.
Among other things, the CSA is calling for single rooms with private bathrooms for long-term care residents, dedicated hand-hygiene sinks and better contingency plans for staffing shortages when “catastrophic” events occur.
In the first few months of the pandemic, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s known COVID-19 deaths happened in long-term care
