Canada is a high-income country with a population of 33 million. Life expectancy is high
compared with most OECD countries; however, infant and maternal mortality rates tend to be …

The health care system in Canada receives a great deal of international attention, but it is
subject to considerable critique and debate locally. Health Systems in Transition: Canada …

Canadian frontline careworkers are six times more likely to experience daily physical
violence than their Scandinavian counterparts. This paper draws on a comparative survey of …

This document is intended to provide a snapshot of long-term care in Canada. It begins with
a brief discussion of the national context followed by an outline of long-term care within …

For long-term care (LTC) home staff who work directly with residents, death, dying, and grief
are day-to-day experiences in their working life. However, staff are often overlooked for grief …

Background Older adults living in long term care (LTC) homes are nutritionally vulnerable,
often consuming insufficient energy, macro-and micronutrients to sustain their health and …

Ontario has the highest proportion of for-profit nursing homes in Canada. These facilities,
which are known in Ontario as long-term care (LTC) homes, offer 24-hour custodial as well …

We sought to estimate the incidence of long-term care (LTC) placement and to identify
resident-and facility-level predictors of placement among older residents of designated …

Aims To describe the relationship between nursing staff turnover in long‐term care (LTC)
homes and organisational factors consisting of leadership practices and behaviours …

Purpose: To describe perceptions of workplace safety culture among nurses employed in
long‐term care (LTC) settings. Design: A cross‐sectional survey. Respondents were …