COVID in the House of Old
COVID-19 made Canada the ultimate grim reaper among the nations of the Global North. Why? Because 82% of our first-wave deaths were vulnerable elderly residents of long-term care facilities. And, yes, you do need to know more about this. Reviewing the pandemic’s first 20 months, and delving into a cornucopia of eldercare issues, host Megan J. Davies talks to an eclectic cast of characters: a journalist who set out to keep a tally of the deaths and ended up a Go-Fund-Me star, a nurse in charge of infection control at Toronto’s largest public care facility, a resident who rebelled against being shut inside, a gerontologist who was born in an old age home, a sociologist who has spent a decade searching for the best in eldercare, and a public artist committed to moving grief out of the Kleenex box and into the community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
COVID in the House of Old presents Stories from Wikwemikong Nursing Home, a four part series that takes a deep dive into the unique place that is the Wikwemikong Nursing Home.
The fourth and final episode of this series breaks down the history of how the nursing home came to be and looks forward to the new elder lodge currently being built.
Over four episodes hosts Megan Davies and Darrel Manitowabi will guide you through in...
COVID in the House of Old presents Stories from Wikwemikong Nursing Home, a four part series that takes a deep dive into the unique place that is the Wikwemikong Nursing Home.
Episode 3 tells the story of how the home dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic and hears first hand accounts of the outbreak.
Over four episodes hosts Megan Davies and Darrel Manitowabi will guide you through interviews with residents, staff, family members...
COVID in the House of Old presents Stories from Wikwemikong Nursing Home, a four part series that takes a deep dive into the unique place that is the Wikwemikong Nursing Home.
Episode 2 of the series explores the culture and care in the home and what it means to be an Indigenous nursing home.
Over four episodes hosts Megan Davies and Darrel Manitowabi will guide you through interviews with residents, staff, family members, an...
COVID in the House of Old presents Stories from Wikwemikong Nursing Home, a four part series that takes a deep dive into the unique place that is the Wikwemikong Nursing Home.
Episode 1 of the series introduces us to the nursing home and gives us insight into what daily life entails for residents, staff, and family members.
Over four episodes hosts Megan Davies and Darrel Manitowabi will guide you through interviews with resi...
COVID in the House of Old presents Stories from Wikwemikong Nursing Home, a four part series that takes a deep dive into the unique place that is the Wikwemikong Nursing Home.
Over four episodes hosts Megan Davies and Darrel Manitowabi will guide you through interviews with residents, staff, family members, and community members. The episodes will explore: daily life in the nursing home, how Indigenous culture is worked into th...
COVID in the House of Old returns with a new podcast all about Christie Gardens, a retirement and care home located in Toronto, Ontario. A wide collection of interviews with staff, residents, and family members tell the story of Christie Gardens. With host, Megan Davies, this upcoming episode will explore the history of the home, how it dealt with the pandemic, and the importance of memory work.
Hosted by Megan Davies
Produced, e...
COVID in the House of Old returns with a new podcast all about Christie Gardens a retirement and care home located in Toronto, Ontario. A wide collection of interviews with staff, residents, and family members tell the story of Christie Gardens. With host, Megan Davies, this upcoming episode will explore the history of the home, how it dealt with the pandemic, and the importance of memory work.
Hosted by Megan Davies
Produced by...
COVID in the house of old has spent the last five episodes looking at how eldercare failed Canadian seniors in the COVID-19 pandemic and how a history of privatization, austerity, and neglect allowed that to happen. This episode looks at the future of eldercare. Is there a better way to provide care to some of the most vulnerable populations in Canada?
Hosted by Megan Davies.
Music by Ferron and Hiroki Tanaka
How do we make sense of the profound levels of grief brought on by the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic? This episode talks to artists and academics to dive into grief and how we can memorialize those we've lost.
Hosted by Megan Davies
Music by Hiroki Tanaka
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
COVID in the House of old episode 4 takes a closer look at care both in eldercare and more broadly. Through decades of neglect and privatization the long term care system has made it extremely difficult to provide good care.
Music: Tom Upjohn and Mara Nesrallah
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
COVID-19 showed to Canadians the complete lack of rights that exist in eldercare but these issues have been here long before COVID.
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Music: Kieran Smyth+Mingjia Chen
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Few understand how the colonial heritage of the English workhouse imposes itself on today’s eldercare residences. British colonizers brought the punitive workhouse model to Canada where it rests alongside insane asylums, prisons, and residential schools. Eventually turning into age old homes.
Music: Kohen Hammond and Harold Camacho
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
COVID-19 made Canada the ultimate grim reaper among the nations of the Global North.
Why? Because 82% of our first-wave deaths were vulnerable elderly residents of long-term care facilities. And, yes, you do need to know more about this.
Reviewing the pandemic’s first 20 months, and delving into a cornucopia of eldercare issues.
Music: Hiroki Tanaka
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
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