Care Across the Life Course
LEADS: Audrey Laporte & Katherine Zagrodney
Home, community and long term care are critical areas with which to focus on the health workforce considerations. Expanding home and community care figured prominently in the Federal Minister of Health’s mandate letter and is a key shared health priority between federal, provincial and territorial governments from Budget 2017. Renewed interest in the Long Term Care health workforce has emerged from critical issues that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. This group will focus on the key health workforce issues across these overlapping sectors.
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CHWN Featured Research
Economic Evidence in Support of Home and Community Care Sector Investment: The Case for PSW Wage Parity in Ontario
Personal Support Worker Socio-Demographic Differences Across Care Sectors in Canada (2022)
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Health Workforce Research in Progress
What is the Return on Investment? Economic analysis of Personal Support Worker wages and retention in the home and community care sector
The Need for Better Healthcare Workforce Data for Evidence-informed Planning in Canada
Examining the Effect of COVID-19 Policy on Personal Support Worker (PSW) Leave of Absence in a Canadian Home Care Setting
Long-term residential care work: recognized as essential but still essentially under-recognized