ISSN: 2691-5774
Authors: Ling Ng LY*
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced an international lockdown. During an indefinite period of heightened anxiety, healthcare workers have emerged as hidden heroes who are the truly essential workers. Yet in the economic blueprints of governments worldwide, the eldercare sector in particular is a missing link in public health concerns. Globally, nursing homes have reported disproportionate death and infection rates compared to any other institutional care setting. In Canada where I now live, long-term care facilities (LTCs) in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec account for up to 82% of Canada’s total deaths [1]. That such alarming statistics are the norm for many countries is perhaps a timely reminder for analysts and researchers, regardless of discipline, to change the severely underrated status of care work.
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