Delivering equitable long-term care (LTC) for Toronto’s diverse population is an emerging issue in the GTA with long wait lists across the region. Your ethnicity, your income, and where you live matters when it comes to not just waiting for services, but also quality of care. Those with financial and language barriers wait much longer, in some cases up to eight years, for LTC homes of their choice.
In this paper, we look at what is needed for an equitable and high-quality long-term care system in Ontario.