Ontario failed to meet its own target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a newly updated document shows.
A health care worker leaves after finishing her shift for the day at the Eatonville Care Centre in Toronto on Friday, April 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette.Ontario failed to meet its own legislated target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a newly updated document shows.
This fall, officials added that information to the bottom of a 2020 staffing plan posted on the Ontario government’s website without saying anything publicly — a move that has opposition critics crying foul over transparency.The updated version of the report says that in the first quarter of the 2024-25 financial year, Ontario “exceeded” its direct hours of care target from the year before.
The document said that, as of this year, there is a need for 13,200 additional nurses and 37,700 personal support workers in Ontario.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Government figures suggest that attrition among personal support workers is as high as 25 per cent, meaning up to a quarter of the profession leaves annually.
“Residents, instead of getting to know their caregiver, and building a relationship with their caregiver, they can’t, because it’s the new face that they see on a regular basis.” “So what occurs is people will get jobs working in community health, including long-term care, and then they’ll leave quickly thereafter, once they can get a … better, high-paying job somewhere else.”
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