A new report from the BC Health Coalition and the Integrated Care Advocacy Group shows how home support is being dealt with in the province.
This report looked at all aspects of home care from getting dressed to meal preparation.
Co-Writer Marcy Cohen says the report found the home support system is currently over burdened and that the role of the front line worker is narrow.
“Because there is so much pressure and so much demand on their time,” says Cohen, “they are restricting what they can do in terms of the care plan, and they set a very strict time limit on it, so you have 20 minutes to help someone shower.”
Cohen says the care worker is also limited in the type of tasks that they can do.
She says there needs to be leadership from the provincial government to allow people to stay in their homes for as long as possible.
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