Anita Quidangen. However, a successful vaccination campaign will not end the crisis in long-term care.The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in catastrophic levels of illness and death: 81 per cent of the total COVID-19 deaths that occurred in Canada during the first wave were in long-term care homes, which is almost twice as high as other countries within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.Long-term care homes have also been hit with devastating outbreaks during the second wave of the pandemic.