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(February 20, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: CBC News<\/p>\n

The Ontario Health Coalition conducted round table meetings last year to collect the information.<\/p>\n

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It found most long-term care homes were short-staffed on every shift, and that was contributing to poor working conditions.<\/p>\n

Dot Klein, the co-chair of the Sudbury chapter of the coalition, said many PSWs leave the field because they’re overworked, underpaid, burned out or injured.<\/p>\n

And there aren’t the same number of workers entering the field to replace them.<\/p>\n

Klein also adds that those PSWs just entering the workforce aren’t prepared for what they’ll face.<\/p>\n

“The new graduates are not prepared for the realistic situation of\u00a0the workload and the level of care that’s being asked of them to provide,” she said.<\/p>\n

“If the student isn’t properly prepared and starts a job where they’re suddenly in a shortage of PSWS or co-workers and they’re not sure of what to do, there is nobody there to help them.”<\/p>\n

Klein said all parties need to sit down and make some “long term plans.”<\/p>\n

“We’ve been band-aiding for many years and now it’s got to the point that we can no longer band-aid and hope that it will get better.<\/p>\n

Rick O’Connell of Sudbury has been a personal support worker for 19 years.<\/p>\n

He says he stays in the field because he loves the patients he cares for.<\/p>\n

“We’re seeing lots of staff burning out,” O’Connell said. “Physical injuries and just burnout and overall it’s contributing to the shortage of PSWs.”<\/p>\n

“Working short often, so that increases your workload and your staff-to-resident ratios,” he said. “Just the daily stresses of the job is enough to deal with.”<\/p>\n

The burnout has a ripple effect on other PSWs.<\/p>\n

“It contributes to more workers calling in sick, going off on stress leave, in general many times you just see PSWs leave long-term care.”<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen them go to minimum wage jobs because of the workload in long term care,” O’Connel\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Staffing study forthcoming from ministry<\/span><\/h2>\n

A response from the Ministry of Long Term Care said the ministry is considering 18 recommendations stemming from the\u00a0Public Inquiry into the Safety and Security of Residents in the Long-Term Care Homes System<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the statement, recommendations include the “launch of a staffing study, which will inform a comprehensive staffing strategy that we will be implementing by the end of 2020.”<\/p>\n

“One component of the staffing study will determine adequate levels of staff in long-term care, specifically addressing a key recommendation in the Public Inquiry,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

The study will attempt to identify an “optimal staffing model and skill mix,” the ministry said, with a focus on improving recruitment and retention of PSWs.<\/p>\n

The Ontario Health Coalition is touring around the province with the report and its recommendations, and will be in Sudbury on Thursday at the Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-Op at 10:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

See original article here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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