"Emergency" looms in seniors' care
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Providers say screening process to blame for acute staff shortages
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RANDY SHORE
A seniors' care crisis is looming in B.C. with hundreds of care aide positions unfilled, particularly in the Interior where the shortage is most acute, care providers say.
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"It's an emergency", said Zander Cook, general manager of Haven Hill Care Centre in Penticton.
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Haven Hill has unfilled vacancies for 12 care aides, but no applicants.
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"It's hard to get qualified people", he said. "Even if we could pay more, there's no one to pay".
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B.C.'s assessment and registration regime has slowed the flow of care workers from other provinces and countries to a trickle, according to the B.C. Care Providers Association (BCCPA).
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About 2,800 more care aides will be needed to fill vacancies over the next five years and care providers are getting desperate, the say.
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"It's residents who suffer when we don't have enough people, but also the workers wear down", said Cook. "Our care manager just pulled a double shift and she's exhausted".
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When new funding for care aides was announced by Health Minister Adrian Dix last year, care homes quickly hired every qualified applicant they could find. But many positions remained unfilled and care aides from outside B.C. must meet a higher standard of training.
À۳⠺¸°ÇºÎÀå°üÀÎAdrian Dix °¡ ÄɾÀ̵𿡠Áö¿ø±ÝÀ» ¹ßÇ¥ÇßÀ»¶§ ÄɾîȨ¿¡¼´Â ºü¸£°Ô ÀÚ°ÝÀÖ´Â ÀηµéÀ» ã¾Æ¼ °í¿ëÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯³ª ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ¸¹Àº ÀηÂÀÌ ºÎÁ·ÇÑ »óȲÀ̸ç BCÁÖ ¿ÜºÎ¿¡¼ ¿À´Â ÀÇ·áÀηµéÀº ³ôÀº Æò°¡±âÁØ¿¡ ¸Â´Â ±³À°À» ¹Þ¾Æ¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
"We are struggling to fill vacation relief and ensure that we can provide care", said Aly Devji, BCCPA board chair. "Overtime costs are skyrocketing and care-home workers are getting injured because they don't have the support they need".
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The equivalent of 250 full-time positions are unfilled in privately run care homes just in the Okanagan, where the senior population is higher than most other parts of B.C. and the pool of workers is relatively small.
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"The issue is worst in the Interior, but it's the same throughout the province", said Devji.
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The BCCPA approved a formal complaint to the Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology on Monday, complaining that the Care Aide and Community Worker Registry system is screening out 99 percent of the candidates who come to B.C. seeking work.
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