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(January 31, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: Durham Radio News<\/p>\n

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A report from the Ontario Health Coalition has several recommendations on how the province should deal with a serious personal support worker (PSW) shortage.<\/p>\n

The coalition and Unifor teamed up to hold round table meetings across the province to document the issue and get people\u2019s thoughts on how to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re now taking the report on a cross-province tour and stopped in Oshawa this week to talk about how the crisis is impacting the community and the report\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n

Durham MPP Lindsey Park says the government is aware of the problem and working on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinister [Merrilee] Fullerton, who is our minister of long-term care, is currently developing a long term care staffing strategy she\u2019s committed to implementing by the end of 2020,\u201d said Park.<\/p>\n

One of the report\u2019s recommendations is to lower the tuition for people who study to be a PSW.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re dedicating $4-million through the Personal Support Worker Education Fund to deliver more training opportunities for these front-line staff in long-term care to improve their skills and make sure we\u2019re retaining that valued workforce,\u201d added Park.<\/p>\n

She also said there needs to a different approach to how PSWs are recruited and retained.<\/p>\n

The report says many long-term care homes reported staff shortages nearly every day, noting weekends are worse. The shortage is also hitting rural areas even harder.<\/p>\n

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