Irka Dyczok, founder of Toronto interior design consultancy Designfarm, offers a Canadian – and sadly all too familiar – take on the pandemic and care home design.
This pandemic has created canyons out of cracks that already existed in all aspects of life, especially in elder care. As a professional interior designer specializing in senior living for over 30 years, I have seen many changes, however, many things have not moved forward in a way to prepare us for what is here now.
For the past two decades, policymakers in Canada have kicked the can down the road. Eyes are now wide open to an ugly truth, and it is time for change.
There needs to be an overhaul of policies that affect the funding to take care of our most vulnerable elders. If we do not change these policies then we, as a society will be making the same mistakes over again.
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