Journal
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 389-403Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2021.1927023
Keywords
COVID-19; long-term care; neoliberalism; Canada
Funding
- McMaster University Professional Development Allowance
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The article highlights that over 80% of Canadian COVID-19 deaths in the first wave occurred in long-term care homes and discusses the marginalization of residents and staff during the pandemic, while also questioning societal attitudes towards aging, disability, and death.
Over 80% of Canadian COVID-19 first wave deaths occurred in long-term care homes. Focussing on Ontario, I trace the antecedents of the COVID-19 crisis in long-term care and document experiences of frontline staff and family members of residents during the pandemic. Following Povinelli, I argue that the marginalization of both residents and workers in Ontario's long-term care system over two decades has eroded possibilities for recognition of their personhood. I also question broader societal attitudes toward aging, disability and death that make possible the abandonment of the frail elderly.
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