Public health officials say fear about working at a facility with a COVID-19 outbreak has caused staffing issues at Hamilton long-term care and retirement homes, including The Cardinal Retirement Residence. (Dan Taekema/CBC). View full article @ CBC.ca. Cardinal Retirement Residence owner says home has ‘enough staff at the moment’ When the first confirmed cases of...Read More

Originally posted by National Post. Photo © Claraaa | Megapixl.com TORONTO/MONTREAL — With deaths in nursing homes making up almost half of Canada’s coronavirus deaths, provinces are taking control of their workforces, boosting care workers’ wages and redeploying health inspectors from hospitals to curb the virus’ spread among seniors. In one Ontario home, more than...Read More

Originally posted by qpbriefing.com. Ontario’s long-term care system is in crisis, with COVID-19 infections at nursing homes across the province and an outbreak at just one facility in Bobcaygeon believed to be responsible for 14 deaths. According to the associations that represent the nurses and personal support workers who staff those homes, two problems have...Read More

CBC LIVE with President of OPSWA Miranda Ferrier and ACE lawyer Jane Meadus - Hosted by David CommonsRead 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

A Marketplace hidden camera investigation reveals nursing home abuse and violence. Originally posted by CBC MarketplaceRead 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