Grant: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

With the aging of the Boomer generation, long-term residential care has become a "hot" issue for the public and for policy makers. Even though the majority of those who live in long-term residential care are women, and most of those providing care are also women, there has not been a focus on gender in long-term residential care. The Café seeks to address this gap. Drawing on recent research from Canada and Sweden in medicine, sociology and political economy, this Café Scientifique discusses how thinking about gender can help in planning, funding, organizing, operating, working and living in long-term residential care.