January 10: The Digital Mess We’re In and the Reality of Long-Term Care in Ontario
About this episode
The episode discusses the digital challenges in media and the state of long-term care in Ontario, featuring insights from experts on the issues faced by older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 10: The Digital Mess We’re In and the Reality of Long-Term Care in Ontario Pop ups on websites, clickbait stories in your newsfeed, ads in your Instagram feed and AI slop galore! The phenomenon has an eyebrow-raising name, coined by technology critic and author Cory Doctorow. Fight Back guest host Tasha Kheiriddin caught up with Cory to unpack this troubling trend. And The COVID-19 pandemic forced many Canadians to confront a difficult reality: for thousands of older adults, long-term care homes were not always the safe, supportive places we assumed they were. In Ontario alone, the pandemic exposed deep challenges from outdated buildings and staffing shortages to questions about how we care for people as they age. In response the province launched an ambitious plan to modernize long-term care. However, Ontario is falling well short of its goal to add tens of thousands (58,000) of new or upgraded long-term care beds by 2028. Jeremy Logan speaks with Dr. Samir Sinha, a geriatrician with Sinai Health and the University Health Network, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto Metropolitan University’s National…
People in this episode
Host: Tasha Kheiriddin
Guest: Dr. Samir Sinha
Topics covered
- digital media
- long-term care
- healthcare challenges
- aging population
- COVID-19 impact
- technology criticism
Keywords
- digital mess
- long-term care
- Cory Doctorow
- health policy
- Ontario
- aging
- COVID-19
- healthcare
- geriatrician
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sinai Health, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, National Institute on Ageing
Places: Ontario
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