Seniors' advocate calls for protections against skyrocketing personal care home rates
Newfoundland and Labrador's seniors' advocate is calling for changes to protect seniors from personal care home rate increases. Provincial government ministers agree seniors' care must be reformed, but as the CBC's Mark Quinn reports, they haven't yet committed to following Susan Walsh's recommendations.
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