TORONTO — Hundreds of million of dollars are desperately needed to stabilize the home\u002Dcare workforce in Ontario, the association representing organizations…
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While VanderBent applauds the proposed health-care changes by the province, she wants home care to be stabilized before major reforms begin. Home care has lost several thousands of nurses and personal support workers during the pandemic, VanderBent said. Many of those workers have left for higher-paying jobs at hospitals and long-term care homes.
A minister of health spokeswoman said the $1-billion funding “will benefit nearly 700,000 families who rely on home care annually, to help more people connect to care closer to home.”A home care personal support worker makes, on average, $20.30 per hour. An Amazon warehouse worker earns $20.37 per hour and a cashier at Cosco earns $19.87 per hour, the report from Home Care Ontario said.
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