- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
When word of Covid19 began to spread in North America, staff and administrators at Long Term Care in Grey-Bruce began to shudder. They knew that staff were hard to attract and to keep; that short-handed shifts were already too common, and that outbreaks take even more staff time.
Here is a glimpse into how life for Personal Support Workers in Long Term Care has unfolded since early in March, through the story of just one in our community..
Dear Bill Walker,
I would like to take a minute to tell you my concerns as a PSW.
I believe that I work at job that has historically been over worked in a high paced, understaffed, underpaid and disrespected profession.
Stories get repeated. I know I tell the same stories over and over. I enjoy repeating the story of how the waves took our dock apart piece by piece in the storm a week ago Sunday. It's a great story of helplessness in the face of the power of ...
Minister Walker,
My name is Karrie Cosby and I work at the Country Lane Long Term Care home in Chatsworth Ontario, a small 34 bed home. I started there in March 1997 and work as a PSW, and in laundry and housekeeping. I am 44 years old and I am currently their longest serving employee.
I have been through SARS, served 10 years on the health and safety committee, served 10 years as. . .
Rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer involves inserting a flexible lining inside an existing pipe that has deteriorated due to age and other factors. The lining is cured (or hardened) in place and forms a new smooth water-tight seal inside the pipe that improves structural strength and flow and extends the pipe life for up to 50 years.
The process is completed quickly. . .
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