A review of practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in PEI’s long-term care facilities has made 17 recommendations to improve patient care.
The provincial government committed in February to forming the Long-Term Care COVID-19 External Review Panel.
The report says that health-care services and patient quality of life deteriorated during the pandemic.
It also says staffing was insufficient to balance the demands of the pandemic with resident care.
The provincial government committed in February to forming the Long-Term Care COVID-19 External Review Panel.
The report says that health-care services and patient quality of life deteriorated during the pandemic.
It also says staffing was insufficient to balance the demands of the pandemic with resident care.
As for the recommendations, they include stabilize long-term care health Human Resources; establish a single legislative act that governs all long-term care facilities, public and private; and establish a long-term care sector association that includes all homes , public and private, to improve collaboration.
