As COVID-19 continues to menace much of Canada and the world, it’s clear that elderly populations are uniquely impacted. But a growing crop of Atlantic Canadian companies are offering potential solutions.
More than 70 percent of the people killed by COVID-19 in Canada have been over the age of 80, but the same group accounts for less than 12 percent of hospitalizations. A June report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that 81 percent of COVID-19 deaths have been in long-term care homes.
In Nova Scotia, the Northwood care home has accounted for 84 percent of COVID-19