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“Please join me in sharing artwork, photographs and stories about long-term care facilities using the hashtag #artists4longtermcare. @artists4longtermcare is a social action initiative that uses art and storytelling to raise awareness of the crisis facing residents and staff in long-term care facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

In your advocacy, please consider the following points that #Artists4LongTermCare has been urging governments and decision-makers to act upon.

Photos and text by nasunaphoto . . Three young Haitian women, all seeking asylum in Canada, have been working on the front lines of the pandemic as orderlies in Quebec's care homes. They are hoping their contributions will be enough to stay. Photogra
Illustration by @i_am_faustova⁠ ⁠ GIVE WORKERS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES THE PPE (PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT) THEY NEED TO KEEP THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS SAFE!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ "The perceived disposability of these workers is perpetuate
Illustrations and text by @wendymac for the @Nytimes. . . SWIPE. In honor of our LGBTQ elders, past and present, and with gratitude for the folks serving them. Happy Pride.❤️ . . In honor of the unseen, brave folks who got us to where we are today: L
. "The question of race in long-term care is not only important for ensuring the best care for seniors but also to ensure their human rights and those of their caregivers." . “To make profits in these privately owned and operated care
Thank you to the @montrealgazette and Susan Schwartz for featuring our first installation in partnership with @museemtljuif on display in their storefront windows on the corner of boulevard St-Laurent and Duluth in Montreal. The layout of the windo
PEN PALS WANTED! . We have more sweet residents at Phoenix Assisted Care wanting a friend to write to. Check out each picture to find someone with a similar interest you would like to chat with.😊 Send a letter to the address listed below with the re
Photos and text by @marietihon⁠ ⁠ ⁠ DAILY CALLS WITH MY GRANDMA⁠ ⁠ My 91-year-old grandma lives in Belgium, in a residency for elderly people, and I am in Turkey, based in Istanbul as a photojournalist. She is not allowed to meet with anyone because
The @aclu_nationwide filed a petition on June 23rd calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its agencies to meet their obligations under federal law. They are asking HHS to get people out of institutions as quickly and sa
Illustration by @brianherrera.art . . My heart goes to the nurses that sacrifice their own health to take care of ours. Short staffing in hospitals and nursing homes, long-working hours, workspace hazards and the lack of face-masks, are some of the
Photo and text by @melz821 . . . “Inside the walls: An intimate look at our elderly during Covid-19" As the world begins to open up to many of us, it has not for the majority of our elders. The devastation....the isolation...the struggles
Illustration by @art_twink for @projectlets . #FreeThemAll includes folks incarcerated in psychiatric facilities and nursing homes. Abolition of our institutions must not leave behind our Disabled, our mad, our sick, our elderly community members &m
Illustration by @bryanvectorartist ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ConnectedHealing⁠ ⁠ ⁠ [Image description: An illustration of a person in a wheelchair and two nurses video chatting with two people. On the bottom of the image is the text, "Connection Is The Best Medicin
INQUIRY INTO CORONAVIRUS NURSING HOME DEATHS NEEDS TO INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF WORKERS AND RACE⁠ ⁠ Read the full article: https://theconversation.com/inquiry-into-coronavirus-nursing-home-deaths-needs-to-include-discussion-of-workers-and-race-139017⁠ ⁠
Photograph by @isadorakosofsky @time Noh Park, 92, prepares to see his daughter, Lydia, from a distance on Father’s Day at the Alexandria Care Center in Los Angeles. [Image description: Photograph of an elderly man who sits in a wheel chair an
Photo & text by @melz821 . . “The Quiet World of Aging" Anna, 93 . There are defining moments in each of my encounters when a person peels back the layers and I get a rare glimpse inside their inner world. It often arrives after an ext
Project produced by @elliotstudio/@nytimes⁠ ⁠ "My grandmother is one of the nearest and dearest persons to my heart. She brought photography into my life, and now with her recently in a nursing home, I wanted to bring photography into hers. Well
Project produced by @elliotstudio/@nytimes⁠ ⁠ "My grandmother is one of the nearest and dearest persons to my heart. She brought photography into my life, and now with her recently in a nursing home, I wanted to bring photography into hers. Well

Collage artwork from top left to right: ©Maggie Steber; ©Sara Erenthal; ©Liza Faustova; ©Emily Blais; ©Kitra Cahana; ©Emily Blais; ©Isadora Kosofsky; ©hellodomz; ©Ed Kashi; ©Adel Keruser; ©Ed Kashi; ©Isadora Kosofsky