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Donna Duncan - reimagining long-term care, building community, and combatting ageism
Episode #28 - Erin Davis & Lloyd Hetherington welcome the CEO for the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, Donna Duncan to the green bench. A passionate conversation about what aged care is, building community, fighting ageism, and reimagining what long-term care can be in the future. Donna first experienced long-term care in the 1980s with her grandmother and then again with her father living with alzheimers in 1999. She brings a personal view to what it is and what it can be as we look at some of today‘s challenges in front of us: Staffing challenges Older buildings Higher care needs ”We dream of a day that it is okay to go into long-term care, where people aren‘t frightened, families don‘t feel guilty, staff take great pride, and they are physical living environments where people want to be.” -Donna Duncan
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