I understand that here in B.C. staff was basically moved from facility to facility. I thought it was really interesting how staff were using the same equipment as they moved from patient to patient and from facility to facility, because we were obviously rationing PPE. I know in my industry everybody is required, as they come into a vegetable facility, to put on an outfit that they take off at the end. You wonder how much could have been done had we had that sort of PPE available. Maybe Ms. Mackenzie can speak to it.
In regard to “A Billion Reasons to Care”—I love your title there—I was struck by the statistics that you share regarding the difference between for profit and not-for-profit long-term care facilities. As I mentioned, people are making the bold assertion that public facilities are far better than private. Just down the road from me here there's a private care home that actually banned provincial health care workers from being sent to that facility by the local regional health authority, because they were only given two sets of gloves and two masks to use for the month.
Again, how important is the factor of the PPE, as opposed to public or private care? We have some amazing facilities here. Look at the dementia village we have here in Langley. It's an absolutely amazing facility. It's private but a wonderful option for seniors.