Canadian Support Workers Association President Miranda Ferrier was called to Parliament Hill to speak to the House of Commons Committee on Healthcare in March 2019. View her speech to parliament.Read More
Originally featured on CBC Marketplace: Hidden Camera 2019 What’s life really like for our loved ones living at long-term care homes? What happens when there are too few staff for the growing needs of the people living there? A CBC Marketplace producer wearing a hidden camera volunteers for weeks inside a Toronto nursing home. And...Read More
President of OPSWA Miranda Ferrier Speaks to the Mass shortage of PSWs in the Province of Ontario. Mohawk College program bucking trend of declining enrolments while burned-out workers leave jobs. Lack of Personal Support Workers affects local home care and long-term care. A growing shortage of Personal Support Workers providing home care and long term...Read More
OPSWA speaking to the issues with the mass shortage of PSWs in the Province of Ontario Personal support workers are the backbone of home care in Ontario. Full article available @ Ottawa CitizenRead More
Home Care Ontario asking provincial government for additional $600M in funding The organization also launched an online campaign to raise awareness of their funding needs. The organization also launched an online awareness campaign, describing what it calls an “urgent need” for more home care in Ontario. About 28,000 professional caregivers provide home care to 730,000 Ontarians every year,...Read More
OPSWA President Miranda Ferrier joined The Morning Show to discuss Wynne government employees to deliver home care agency. Originally posted by The Morning Show @ 640amRead More
PSW’s, or personal support workers, provide up to 80 percent of the care for Ontario seniors and today. New data for caregivers will be ‘colossal waste of money,’ association president says. Originally Posted By York RegionRead More
Advocates for the elderly worry that another provincial inquiry – this one into the murder spree by a long-term care nurse – won’t be enough to protect the growing number of frail seniors at risk of neglect and abuse. “Enough with the inquires and research committees. It may be in the headlines now, but we’ve...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.
