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It’s time to care about Ontario’s caregivers
Personal support workers say caring for the elderly is a privilege, but Ontario s workforce is low paid, short staffed and burnt out By Julia Mastroianni
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When Crystal considered getting back into the workforce, she thought about a few different career paths before landing on personal support worker. She just knew she wanted to help people.
She’d heard that the hours could be difficult and that it was not unusual for PSWs to have to work multiple shifts in a row. But “it seemed like a very rewarding job, the kind of job where you feel good going home,” she says.