The number of investigations into allegations of abuse or neglect of people in care has more than tripled over the past decade, the head of the provincial investigation team said Friday. “Ten years ago we were probably getting 150 for the year and this year we’re probably going to be about 500,” said Robert Lafferty,
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TORONTO, MARCH 22, 2019 /CNW/ – While new long-term care beds announced by the provincial government today, are badly needed in Ontario, The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario is calling for long-overdue investments to increase resident quality of life and care levels, which in Ontario, are dismally low compared to other provinces. Failing to do that says Candace Rennick, CUPE Ontario
Re: the long-term-beds shortage and the rising cost to the health-care system. Maybe the government is not completely to blame, although it should be made more accountable over its spending in this area. For several years, I worked for one of the region’s largest long-term-care facilities. I’ve seen first-hand as public money was wasted. Frontline
Workers in long-term care homes are reporting unprecedented levels of assault and harassment, contributing to a turnover rate that is leaving the industry at risk of a staffing crisis, a new study says. “We heard very disturbing stories about the almost daily occurrence of physical violence, verbal abuse, sexual and racial harassment and even sexual
Long-term care workers face “constant” violence on the job, with 80 per cent reporting first-hand experience with physical assault in the workplace, according to a new poll. The survey of more than 1,000 long-term care workers in Ontario found almost half of respondents experienced physical violence such as pushing or hitting on a daily or weekly basis.
TORONTO, March 26, 2019 /CNW/ – Two new reports are being released concurrently that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff employed in Ontario’s long-term care homes. An in-depth, peer-reviewed investigative study on violence against staff in Ontario long-term care homes has just been published. The study, titled “Breaking Point: Violence Against Long-term Care Staff,” was conducted by Canadian
Bargaining for decent wage increases doesn’t just give workers, families and communities a boost. It also drives a strong economy. Household spending, which relies on healthy wages, has been a main driver of economic growth since the 2008 recession. But that’s changing. Stagnant wages are affecting the economy. In January, the Bank of Canada pressed ‘pause’
Major cuts to funding for staff who support students in Ontario schools are buried in Friday’s much-ballyhooed announcement on changes to education, said the union that represents 55,000 education workers in the province. Representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees shared their findings of $309 million in cuts after their analysis of the background documents that
Children and families in Brant County, ON, will suffer as a result of chronic underfunding according to the union representing workers at Brant Family and Children’s Services. The agency has announced that it will be laying off upwards of thirty workers and managers, citing a budget shortfall of $2.9 million. The layoffs are expected to