What has covid-19 taught us about long term facilities: Some numbers: Of the almost 5 million seniors age 65 an older in Canada, 7.1% live in care facilities—nursing homes, chronic care, or long-term care hospitals (4.5%), or residences for seniors (2.6%). There are about 400000 seniors in Canada long term facilities, representing about 1% of the Canadian population. At the same time about 80% of fatalities of covid-19 are from this segment of Canadian society..

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