Ethnocultural long-term care homes in Canada: a place for cultural inheritance and community building

This article discusses the overlooked role of recreation programmes in ethnocultural and cultural-specific long-term care home from my standpoint as a worker. First, policy during pandemic that prohibited visits by family members volunteers revealed they are important informal caregivers to fill for limitations workers. Second, recreational can also be considered practice cultural inheritance: staff learn their history reconstruct them collective memory. Third, interaction between residents, volunteers, families workers generates sense belonging ethnic community. Therefore, it community building minority groups. By presenting significant home, I aim question meaning value work facilities.