{"id":39391,"date":"2015-01-22T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39391"},"modified":"2015-01-22T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T08:09:38","slug":"study-says-health-aide-workers-have-limited-training-suffer-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/22\/study-says-health-aide-workers-have-limited-training-suffer-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Study says health aide workers have limited training, suffer burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WINNIPEG — A study by the University of Alberta suggests front-line workers in Canada’s crowded nursing homes are suffering a “worrisome” level of burnout.<\/p>\n

The study “Who is Looking After Mom and Dad? Unregulated Workers in Canadian Long-term Care Homes” takes an in-depth look at the health care aide workforce in Canada, a group estimated to be made up of 250,000 people.<\/p>\n

Health care aides provide the bulk of care to residents who have increasingly challenging needs in the latter part of their lives.<\/p>\n

The report, which looked at the situation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.<\/p>\n

It found the workers have limited training and in many cities, speak English as a second language.<\/p>\n

It also found more than 60 per cent of the care aides were born outside of Canada.<\/p>\n

Most provinces in Canada require some kind of education and certification to work in the field. However, the standards differ widely depending on location.<\/p>\n

Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia have aide registries; Manitoba and the other provinces and territories in Canada do not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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