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Retirement homes should receive government subsidies: top geriatrician
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
September 20, 2010
Governments should consider subsidizing the cost of privately run retirement homes as an antidote to overcrowded hospitals and a backlog in nursing-home admissions… A recent study commissioned by eastern Ontario’s health authority found that many seniors are on the waiting list for nursing-home beds not because they need round-the-clock nursing care, but because they can’t afford retirement homes.
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