I know that a long term care home run by the BC government is chronically short staffed and relies on casual employees instead of hiring enough full and part time employees and paying them benefits. I can't even count how many times we have worked short staffed and when you look at Interior Health's website they are not hiring more employees for this care home. They are short staffed not because they can't find workers but because they hire casual employees only and no one can survive on a casual employees wage when you aren't guaranteed any income nor do you get benefits. So if they hired more full time and part term employees and paid benefits there would be no staff shortages.
Those who have worked in LTC have been screaming for changes for YEARS.... go figure, it took a complete cluster***k to happen before they say "uhhh I guess we better do something.." Ffs.
Sometimes you don’t have an option. It’s pretty damaging to people who have tried everything for their parents but ultimately they need 24/7 care that’s affordable over a long period. What the government should be able to provide is a safe environment that provides for its residents.
You know if long term care or any care home is to get better is to fix the issues of. 1. Staffing - stop making it so hard for people get a nursing education. Why do they need grade 12 math for packing a wound. 2. Change the schedule working 7 days in a row will mentally and physically burn anyone out!! 3. The pay for what you have to deal with isn't attractive to most. I dont see the government changing anything till they themselves have to experience living the situation
@@000snow000 interesting, never knew that. Unfortunately with owners of Care Homes famously known for cutting cost measures to gain profits, even worse during the pandemic, I just don't see them immplementing these new healthcare guidelines unless it becomes mandatory.
Three to four beds in a room? In the US we constantly complain about the terrible care in nursing homes, we call these facilities nursing homes in the US, yet the standard is two beds per room!
Staff members actually have to bring in depends and snacks. Some even bring in single beds to house. Some of these people that get dropped in their lap. From their own home single beds that aren't mechanical. And then they get written up for not having mechanical beds. Because the ones they have are broken and they get in trouble for them being broken. But they're not getting any money to fix them or get new beds. It's just an endless ridiculous cycle
I know that a long term care home run by the BC government is chronically short staffed and relies on casual employees instead of hiring enough full and part time employees and paying them benefits. I can't even count how many times we have worked short staffed and when you look at Interior Health's website they are not hiring more employees for this care home. They are short staffed not because they can't find workers but because they hire casual employees only and no one can survive on a casual employees wage when you aren't guaranteed any income nor do you get benefits. So if they hired more full time and part term employees and paid benefits there would be no staff shortages.
Amen to that ♥
WE lost 20K senior citizens, not to the plague but to neglect. Read the CDN armed forces report on it. The homes that neglected seniors were PPP.
Old standards were not followed, what makes you think that the new (voluntary!) ones will be?
Those who have worked in LTC have been screaming for changes for YEARS.... go figure, it took a complete cluster***k to happen before they say "uhhh I guess we better do something.."
Ffs.
We also need better patient staffing ratios. You get that, the "nursing shortage" is GONE.
I'd never let my parents live here.
Sometimes you don’t have an option. It’s pretty damaging to people who have tried everything for their parents but ultimately they need 24/7 care that’s affordable over a long period. What the government should be able to provide is a safe environment that provides for its residents.
How are you going to work when they need full time care?
You know if long term care or any care home is to get better is to fix the issues of.
1. Staffing - stop making it so hard for people get a nursing education. Why do they need grade 12 math for packing a wound.
2. Change the schedule working 7 days in a row will mentally and physically burn anyone out!!
3. The pay for what you have to deal with isn't attractive to most.
I dont see the government changing anything till they themselves have to experience living the situation
3 Billion dollars and it's a voluntary mandate? Am I missing something here?
The federal government cannot force healthcare standards on the provinces because it is a provincial responsibility, unfortunately.
@@000snow000 interesting, never knew that. Unfortunately with owners of Care Homes famously known for cutting cost measures to gain profits, even worse during the pandemic, I just don't see them immplementing these new healthcare guidelines unless it becomes mandatory.
@@davechattoe9144 I agree. Something more definitive needs to be enforced.
Three to four beds in a room? In the US we constantly complain about the terrible care in nursing homes, we call these facilities nursing homes in the US, yet the standard is two beds per room!
Staff members actually have to bring in depends and snacks. Some even bring in single beds to house. Some of these people that get dropped in their lap.
From their own home single beds that aren't mechanical. And then they get written up for not having mechanical beds. Because the ones they have are broken and they get in trouble for them being broken. But they're not getting any money to fix them or get new beds.
It's just an endless ridiculous cycle
This won't sit well with Mr.Buck-a-Beer here in Ontario , the Job of the conservatives is to Cut cut cut