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Ontario’s recreational therapists urge the province to get moving to beef up their rosters in long-term care facilities.
A year into the pandemic, many long-term care residents are living without the “necessary” therapeutic recreation programs they need to sustain sound quality of life, a problem primarily sparked by staffing shortages, says Sault Ste. Marie recreational therapist Heidi Slotegraaf.
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“Every year, my workplace says, ‘What is on your wish list?’ And, I tell them every year, I say, ‘I wish I had more staff,’” says Slotegraaf, program and support services supervisor at Ontario Finnish Resthome Association.
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House Appropriations Human Resources Subcommittee
Chairman Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) and her Human Resources Subcommittee spent a part of President’s Day hearing more specifics regarding the FY 2022 Budget needs, particularly around the areas of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Human Resources (including Division of Family and Children’s Services), Veterans Services, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. The full tracking document for HB 81, the proposed spending plan for FY 2022, is here.
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