“The Place of Assisted Living in BC’s Seniors Care System: Assessing the promise, reality and challenges” by Dr. Karen-Marie Elah Perry was co-published in June 2020 by the Canadian Centre for Policy Aternatives, the Hospital Employees’ Union and the BC Health Coalition. This report elaborates on recommendations to the Government of British Columbia examining challenges in assisted living and how they can be addressed.
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Address existing and future needs of the assisted living workforce
Recommendation 2: Adopt a process for moving the wages and benefits for health care workers in assisted living to an existing provincial standard established by the appropriate health sector bargaining association and the Health Employers’ Association of British Columbia.-
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Address existing and future needs of the assisted living workforce
Recommendation 3: Create a workforce development plan to address the recruitment and retention challenges in assisted living, and ensure that clear training standards are developed for all staff working in front-line and health-care supervisory positions in both private-pay and publicly subsidized assisted living residences.-
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Recommendation 4: Mandate the new provincial health sector occupational health and safety organization (announced in 2019) to analyze injury levels and risk factors in assisted living, and develop an injury-prevention strategy and plan for the sector.-
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Recommendation 5: Include in the health authorities’ service contracts with assisted living residences the requirement that they collaborate with the joint occupational health and safety committee at their site to develop comprehensive processes for monitoring injury rates, identifying risk factors and preventing and reducing injuries rates over time.-
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