Justine Giosa, PhD, is the managing director of the SE Research Centre of SE Health and adjunct assistant professor in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo.
Instead of focusing on setting or place of residence, the starting point for discussions on long-term care should be understanding individuals’ physical, functional and social care needs.
We are grieving loss of life on a mass scale at a time when pandemic restrictions have disrupted our customary death rituals and traditions. Could an initiative called The Reflection Room help LTC residents and others cope with their grief?