Fast FACTS - Trade-offs in Health and Home Care create higher Covid-19 risks for vulnerable Manitobans

Fast FACTS CANADIAN CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES - MANITOBA December 16, 2020 Trade-offs in Health and Home Care create higher Covid-19 risks for vulnerable Manitobans Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Dec 16, 2020 What exactly is the logic behind sense given the high rate of COVID-19 sending Home Care workers spread in the PCH system? Wasn’t that to do shifts in personal care spr. [...] Public get sick, national and provincial COVID Home Care services are provided both statistics demonstrate that they are THE for persons with disabilities and for the most likely population to get very sick, to elderly in our province, my concern in this be hospitalized, potentially in Intensive article is primarily focussed on elder care, Care, and most likely to die. [...] As we see with a about inadequate funding for the service, variety of health care professionals in but really it’s a good system for helping high-COVID-positive settings, they will CCPA-MB to manage the care needs of the elder 301 - 583 Ellice Ave.be more likely to contract the disease or population in today’s society. [...] As risk of falls, accidents and other issues email it has been described to me by both the amongst home care clients struggling to ccpamb@policyalternatives.ca employer (WRHA in this case) and the do things for themselves, leading to more website union that represents them, Home Care potential hospitalizations in an already www.policyalternatives.ca/ workers may not assist at a Personal Care overb. [...] Yes, this is complex and challenging, and in the context of government under-funding for Home Care and PCH in Manitoba’s health care system, it’s understandable that management would wish to “use internal resources” where possible, as Chief Nursing Officer, Lanette Siragusa noted in the Province’s November 27 COVID news briefing.