{"name":"COVID in the House of Old","short_name":"COVID in the House of Old","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"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. \n\nAnd, yes, you do need to know more about this. \n\nReviewing 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.","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/13437473/cho_square-01_300x300.png","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}