Posts by Lisa Ronald

Lisa Ronald

About Lisa Ronald

Lisa Ronald is a research associate with the UBC Department of Family Practice Community Geriatrics. She is a co-author (with Margaret McGregor, Charlene Harrington, Allyson Pollock and Joel Lexchin) of the study Observational Evidence of For-profit Delivery and Inferior Nursing Home Care: When is there Enough Evidence to Infer Causation?.

For-profit care of seniors proven to be inferior

Oct 11, 2016
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Vancouver Coastal Health recently announced it will close two publicly owned and operated residential care facilities in Sechelt. The creation of 600 new beds will be contracted to private for-profit facilities. The decision to go with private for-profit beds contradicts the scientific evidence about ownership and residential care quality. We reviewed the link between ownership… View Article