Feds Silent on Enforcement as National Long-Term Care Standards About to Be Finalized

Feds Silent on Enforcement as National Long-Term Care Standards About to Be Finalized
Dr. Samir Sinha speaks at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on May 24, 2012. The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Experts are putting the finishing touches on two sets of standards intended to improve the lives and safety of Canadians in long-term care homes, and are now wondering what the federal government intends to do once they’re finished.

The standards are expected to be approved this month by the Health Standards Organization and the CSA Group, formerly the Canadian Standards Association, and will be publicly released in December.