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WINDSOR \u2014 The Windsor Health Coalition is calling for more support from the public as it fights to improve working conditions for Personal Support Workers in long-term care homes.<\/p>\n
The Ontario Health Coalition released a report titled “Caring in Crisis: Ontario’s Long-Term Care PSW Shortage” which included 10 recommendations such as improved wages, more provincial funding and a human resources retention plan.<\/p>\n
The report was the topic of discussion on Thursday at a meeting and news conference held by\u00a0the Windsor Health Coalition.<\/p>\n
Coalition officials point out\u00a0operators are not replacing staff when they are sick, which leads to chronic under staffing and less care for residents.<\/p>\n
Former PSW and now union rep with Unifor Local 2458 Shelley Smith says staff have to prioritize their work with no help from management.<\/p>\n
“I have not seen a time where PSW have been so under valued, under appreciated and totally disrespected,” she says.\u00a0 “They have become the blame of what is going on in this sector.”<\/p>\n
She also notes that most of the jobs are part-time and it could take up to ten-years to get full-time work.<\/p>\n
Windsor Health Coalition Co-Chair Patrick Hannon says one long-term care home in Amherstburg is having a tough time keeping staff.<\/p>\n
“In one year, there was an 85% turnover,” he says. \u00a0“What does that do to the continuity of care that we deserve, that is enshrined in the health act.”<\/p>\n
He says PSWs are over-worked and underpaid.<\/p>\n
“They are frightened of the levels of aggressive behaviours and violence that they face. They feel they are being held accountable for a level of care that is impossible to provide with the resources that they have been given.”<\/p>\n
There are approximately 80,000 long-term care residents in Ontario.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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