A seniors' care centre in Moose Jaw dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak is warning residents' families of "significant staffing challenges over the coming weeks."Read More
The self-isolation rules for returning rotational workers are tightening slightly, the government announced Monday — while the RCMP confirmed it's investigating a complaint that a rotational worker who returned to the Deer Lake area did not follow self-isolation guidelines.Read More
A staff member from the care home told CTV News that at least four people there had tested positive for COVID-19. Two of them are isolating at the home, while the other two are isolating at the hospital and will return once they are cleared.Read More
Experts are calling on the government to hire more trained workers for long-term care homes to better protect vulnerable residents from COVID-19’s second wave.Read More
Ontario is reaching a danger point in COVID-19 testing with a huge backlog, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday, as the province recorded another 538 cases and Premier Doug Ford gave personal support workers a long-promised raise of up to $3 hourly.Read More
A program to augment Ontario’s health-care workforce by certifying foreign-trained nurses to become personal support workers (PSWs) came grinding to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Now, as Ontario scrambles to handle a surge in cases, the province is doing little to revive the program.Read More
For 10 years, Ontario’s long-term care homes have been tipped off when government inspectors were coming, allowing the homes to prepare for what are meant to be unannounced visits, the head of the province’s association for personal support workers told investigators earlier this month.Read More
OPSWA’s President, Miranda Ferrier, met with Premier Ford, Minister Fullerton, Minister of LTC, and Minister Elliott, Minister of Health, to discuss issues in the PSW Profession.Read More
Personal support workers have been overlooked and overworked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrant PSWs share their experiences fighting on the frontlines.Read More
OPSWA is often in the media, addressing the real concerns of the public, our vulnerable, their families, and our PSW’s that care for them in our health care system.
