ABSTRACT
In Part One, he describes: the pandemic disasters that occurred in early 2020;the history of the development of long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada;the funding, staffing and oversight (or lack thereof) in these settings;the linkage between LTC homes and Home Care;and the fractured nature of the health care system as it relates to Canadian older adults. Picard gets some things right, when he identifies that: older adult care is complex care across settings (community, acute and LTC homes);more nurses are needed in LTC homes;older adults and families need more support and more choices in Home Care services;different models of LTC homes are needed, not more custodial care;and finally, as a society, an all-out effort is needed to improve the care of older adults, in line with the all-out search for COVID-19 vaccines. On the last page of the book, Picard says that fixing eldercare is... about giving life to our values and he cites that [our love and value for] our parents, grandparent and great-grandparents.must be reflected in public policy.