{"id":5998,"date":"2024-10-09T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/?p=5998"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:36:43","slug":"reimagining-long-term-care-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/2024\/reimagining-long-term-care-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining Long-Term Care in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Reimagining Long-Term Care in Canada\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Dr. Susan Braedley&#8217;s research on Canadian long-term care in Canada has been profiled by Carleton University&#8217;s Newsroom.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Canada\u2019s long-term care system faces a growing crisis, with the senior population expected to surpass 11 million by 2043, far outstripping the number of care beds available \u2013 which sat at under 200,000 in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burdened by outdated infrastructure, underfunding, and staffing shortages,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/people\/susan-braedley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susan Braedley<\/a>, a researcher in Carleton University\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Social Work<\/a>, is committed to improving Canada\u2019s long-term care system from the inside out. Collaborating with international research teams and Carleton colleagues, she studies care homes worldwide to identify practices that could enhance infrastructure, care quality and working conditions in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy objective is to translate research into practical solutions,\u201d she explains. \u201cAs long as we continue to undervalue care, we undermine the dignity of both those who provide it and those who rely on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/reimagining-long-term-care-in-canada\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic+social\">Read the full article at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Susan Braedley&#8217;s research on Canadian long-term care in Canada has been profiled by Carleton University&#8217;s Newsroom. Canada\u2019s long-term care system faces a growing crisis, with the senior population expected to surpass 11 million by 2043, far outstripping the number of care beds available \u2013 which sat at under 200,000 in 2021. 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