{"id":17083,"date":"2021-07-07T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=17083"},"modified":"2021-08-03T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:20:34","slug":"grace-villa-worker-struggles-with-ptsd-months-after-hamiltons-worst-covid-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/grace-villa-worker-struggles-with-ptsd-months-after-hamiltons-worst-covid-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Villa worker struggles with PTSD months after Hamilton\u2019s worst COVID outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(July 6, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By: Maria Iqbal, Hamilton Spectator Reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Grace Villa\u2019s operator said the home did what it could to support staff and residents during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cWith any issue or episode that has a dramatic impact on our staff, we got staff in as quickly as we could,\u201d said\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/01\/27\/grace-villa-operator-saddened-workers-felt-they-lacked-resources.html\">Mary Raithby<\/a>,<\/span> CEO of APANS Health Services. \u201cStaffing and resident care was our priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cI understand that some staff felt it wasn\u2019t quick enough. We moved as quickly as we could,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">In terms of staff being able to access supports for mental health, Raithby said \u201cwe understand that the system is overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">In early June, she said APANS was working with unions and staff and\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/06\/16\/hamilton-grace-villa-covid-outbreak-aftermath.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">was \u201copen\u201d to<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>other ways they could help support workers, but declined to share details, saying she didn\u2019t want to discuss individual cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">About 51 per cent of nurses who worked in a long-term-care home with an outbreak reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20210103_survey_results.pdf\">a January survey<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by the Ontario Nurses\u2019 Association. That number rose to almost 61 per cent for workers who were in homes with a large outbreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ltccommission-commissionsld.ca\/report\/pdf\/Ontarios_Long-Term_Care_COVID-19_Commission_Final_Report.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Long-Term Care Commission<\/span><\/a> report in April said home licensees should cover counselling services for residents and staff who were in long-term care during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The mental-health impacts of the pandemic on Grace Villa workers inspired Hamilton Mountain MPP Monique Taylor to table a private member\u2019s bill at Queen\u2019s Park that would provide essential workers easier access to mental-health benefits through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). It was struck down in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cThere needs to be an organized, systematic approach to provide people with the support that they need,\u201d said Natalie Mehra of the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cWe don\u2019t need any more PR nonsense from the province. We need actual action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/07\/06\/covid-hamilton-grace-villa.html\">Click here for original article\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 6, 2021) By: Maria Iqbal, Hamilton Spectator Reporter Grace Villa\u2019s operator said the home did what it could to support staff and residents during this time. \u201cWith any issue or episode that has a dramatic impact on our staff, we got staff in as quickly as we could,\u201d said\u00a0Mary Raithby, CEO of APANS Health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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