NAPE has launched a new Home Care is Healthcare campaign to highlight the work of its 3,500 members working in home care across the province.
Union President Jerry Earle says home care has become an essential part of the province’s health care system, and gives those who need support the ability to stay in their own homes and communities.
NAPE President Jerry Earle
He says home care has been viewed as separate from the health care system, but the Health Accord paints a different picture.
He says home care workers are falling behind in terms of pay, with no health and dental plans or pensions. Earle says the province has been relying on home care workers to prop up and support the healthcare system, but the union contends “they’re often treated as an afterthought.”
