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Daniel Béland1, Patrik Marier2
1James McGill Professor and Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC), Department of Political Science, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
Older people are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, including and especially people living in long-term care facilities. In this Perspective, we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care policy in Canada. More specifically, we use the example of recent developments in Quebec, where a tragedy in a specific facility is acting as a dramatic "focusing event". It draws attention to the problems facing long-term care facilities, considering existing policy legacies and the opening of a "policy window" that may facilitate comprehensive reforms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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