This story comes from Ontario which does have a public system. Unfortunately it has a government with a starve the beast mentality so even with a public option it's necessary to constantly fight to keep it.

>I wish we had a national Healthcare system to increase quality of life in nursing homes around America. Even the nice ones tend to fall short.

Even for countries that has this, this approach is unrealistic at this time.

Due to the silver tsunami, _a lot_ of resources and qualified staff will go into keeping the same level for a rapidly increasing number of nursing home residents. Increasing the standards at the same time is unrealistic.