The Plight of Personal Support Workers during COVID-19 - a podcast by CBC Radio

A Personal Support Worker says she felt 'obliged' to go back to work despite experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. The worker, who has been a PSW for a decade in long-term care homes, told White Coat, Black Art the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis on top of an already existing crisis for PSWs. Former federal health Minister and family doctor Jane Philpott talks about her work at home alongside PSWs at a home for people with severe disabilities, that's been hit card by COVID-19. Dr. Philpott questions the role of for-profit care in the the long term care sector.

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