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		<title>PSW Registry All But Dead in Current Form</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PSW Registry is all but dead in it&#8217;s current form; and that may be a good thing. Originally, all PSW&#8217;s working for public funded employers were required to register by April 1st, 2013. However, this deadline has come and gone. There is NO downside, nor penalty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Ontario LTC Violence Case: Politicians Continue to Sit on Their Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another tragedy has taken place within an Ontario LTC facility. From the middle of March, 2013, Via CBC: &#8220;Peter Roy Brooks, 72, was arrested late Wednesday at the seniors home near Lawrence Avenue East and Pharmacy Avenue, and has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSW Media Updates March 2013 &#8211; UPDATED</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a slow couple of weeks in the world of personal support worker news. Outside of rehashes of past budgetary articles, there has been only two articles of note. Article 1: Woman&#8217;s wheelchair damaged in hit-and-run incident The first comes via CTV Atlantic and, if nothing else, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario PSW Course Structure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBC Thunder Bay recently ran a story outlining one college teacher&#8217;s hope for standardized personal support worker courses. Debra Walker, a teacher &#38; program coordinator at Thunder Bay&#8217;s Confederation College is calling for standardization in terms of teaching hours and course curriculum. Oddly enough, this is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Politicians Speak out Home Health Care</title>
		<link>http://personalsupportworker.ca/ontario-politicians-speak-out-home-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://personalsupportworker.ca/ontario-politicians-speak-out-home-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Liberals fighting for their lives in Ontario, Long-Term Care and Home-Based Health Care in general have become hot button political topics. Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, it&#8217;s always interesting to know the platforms and positions that are being pushed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CUPE Going after Ontario Liberal Health Care Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CUPE union continues to go after the Ontario government regarding health care, long-term care, and in conjunction, the use of funding and personal support workers. On January 18th, they issued a press release titled: &#8220;What have Ontario seniors done to earn the wrath of the Ontario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care Taxes Could Be Raised for Higher Income Seniors by Ontario Gov</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews recently commented on a research report into long-term health, titled &#8220;Living Longer, Living Well&#8221;. While the paper recommended a number of changes to the system, one recommendation stood out amongst the rest: creating a co-pay system Home Care for the provinces higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTC patients, Wait Times in Canadian Hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent CBC article: Patients needing long-term care clog hospitals focusses upon a 2012 study by The Canadian Institute for Health Information. This study focusses on wait times for hospitals and care in Canadian hospitals. One of the focusses of the study is the strain put upon the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Students Perspective on PSW Course</title>
		<link>http://personalsupportworker.ca/video-students-perspective-on-psw-course/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Workplace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workbay recently featured a promotional video for a personal support worker program hosted at Confederation College (located in Thunder Bay). Before you get the wrong idea, this video is very light on the promotion of the Confederation. Instead, the video showcases an interview with a current student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario PSW Budget InfoGraphic (2012)</title>
		<link>http://personalsupportworker.ca/ontario-psw-budget-infographic-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://personalsupportworker.ca/ontario-psw-budget-infographic-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Government has recently proposed increased spending and expenditures for long-term care, home care and personal support workers throughout the province. Here&#8217;s an infographic of the McGuinty governments promise for increased funding, along with a few other tidbits of information. If you enjoy this post please share [...]]]></description>
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