Palliser Regional Care Centre (3rd Floor)
Long Term Care Staffing Levels – Under The Public Service Essential Services Act
For the purposes of ensuring Essential Services were maintained, the Employer dictated the following required staffing levels:
On Day Shift: we would need 4 Special Care Aides to work a twelve hour day shift every day of the week and we would need 5 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour day every day of the week. On two days of the week, we would require 1 additional Special Care Aide to work an eight hour day shift. As well, we would need 1 Licensed Practical Nurse to work a twelve hour day shift every day of the week.
On Evening Shift: we would need 2 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour evening shift every day of the week.
On Night Shift: we would need 2 Special Care Aides to work a twelve hour night shift every day of the week and we would need 1 Licensed Practical Nurse to work a twelve hour night shift every day of the week.
Total Hands-On Care Provider Hours each day: 160 hours (in any given 24 hour period)
Regular Long Term Care Staffing Levels
The Master Rotation for Long Term Care Staffing of Special Care Aides & Licensed Practical Nurses sets out the following regularly scheduled shifts:
On Day Shift: there are 7 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour day shift every day of the week and 1 Special Care Aide to work a six hour day every day of the week. In addition, there are an average 7 Licensed Practical Nurse day shifts of 8 hours scheduled each week.
On Evening Shift: there are 4 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour evening shift every day of the week and 1 Special Care Aide to work a six hour evening shift every day of the week. In addition, there are an average 7 Licensed Practical Nurse evening shifts of 8 hours scheduled each week.
On Night Shift: there are ONLY 2 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour night shift every day of the week. In addition, there are an average 7 Licensed Practical Nurse night shifts of 8 hours scheduled each week.
Total Hands-On Care Provider Hours each day average: up to 140 hours (in any given 24 hour period)
WHAT A DIFFERENCE?
On any given day the SEIU- West Staff are providing approximately
20 hours less hands on care to the residents on 3rd floor!
Confused about why sick time and overtime are skyrocketing..huh!
January 2, 2011….Short two SCA on Days
January 8, 2011….Short one SCA on Days
January 15, 2011…. Short one SCA & one LPN on Days
January 15, 2011 …. Short one SCA at Night
January 16, 2011….Short SCA coverage on Days
January 17, 2011… Short SCA coverage on Days
January 28, 2011….Short one SCA on Afternoons
January 31, 2011….Short two SCA on Days
Plus 3rd floor accumulated over 140 hours of overtime!
Please note that any errors and/or omissions as to the above occurrences on the given dates and times of staff shortages are not intentional and are not intended to mislead the reader.
Long Term Care Staffing Levels – Under The Public Service Essential Services Act
For the purposes of ensuring Essential Services were maintained, the Employer dictated the following required staffing levels:
On Day Shift: we would need 4 Special Care Aides to work a twelve hour day shift every day of the week and we would need 5 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour day every day of the week. On two days of the week, we would require 1 additional Special Care Aide to work an eight hour day shift. As well, we would need 1 Licensed Practical Nurse to work a twelve hour day shift every day of the week.
On Evening Shift: we would need 2 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour evening shift every day of the week.
On Night Shift: we would need 2 Special Care Aides to work a twelve hour night shift every day of the week and we would need 1 Licensed Practical Nurse to work a twelve hour night shift every day of the week.
Total Hands-On Care Provider Hours each day: 160 hours (in any given 24 hour period)
Regular Long Term Care Staffing Levels
The Master Rotation for Long Term Care Staffing of Special Care Aides & Licensed Practical Nurses sets out the following regularly scheduled shifts:
On Day Shift: there are 7 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour day shift every day of the week and 1 Special Care Aide to work a six hour day every day of the week. In addition, there are an average 7 Licensed Practical Nurse day shifts of 8 hours scheduled each week.
On Evening Shift: there are 5 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour evening shift every day of the week and 1 Special Care Aide to work a six hour evening shift every day of the week. In addition, there are an average 7 Licensed Practical Nurse evening shifts of 8 hours scheduled each week.
On Night Shift: there are ONLY 2 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour night shift every day of the week. In addition, there are an average7 Licensed Practical Nurse night shifts of 8 hours scheduled each week.
Total Hands-On Care Provider Hours each day: 148 hours (in any given 24 hour period)
WHAT A DIFFERENCE?
And here are some examples when Regular Long Term Care Staffing Levels have NOT been met on the 2nd Floor:
January 1, 2011….Short LPN coverage on Afternoons
January 4, 2011….Short one SCA on Days & one SCA on Afternoons
January 9, 2011….Short LPN coverage on Afternoons
January 13, 2011….Short LPN coverage on Afternoons
January 14, 2011… Short LPN coverage on Afternoons
January 15, 2011….Short one SCA on Days
January 16, 2011….Short one LPN on Afternoons
January 17, 2011…Short one SCA on Days
January 20, 2011…Short one SCA on Days & LPN coverage on Afternoons
Please note that any errors and/or omissions as to the above occurrences on the given dates and times of staff shortages are not intentional and are not intended to mislead the reader.
Long Term Care Staffing Levels – Under The Public Service Essential Services Act
For the purposes of ensuring Essential Services were maintained, the Employer dictated the following required staffing levels:
On Day Shift: we would need 3 Special Care Aides to work a twelve hour day shift every day of the week and we would need 4 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour day every day of the week.
On Evening Shift: we would need 2 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour day shift every day of the week.
On Night Shift: we would need 3 Special Care Aides to work a twelve hour night shift every day of the week and we would need 4 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour night shift every day of the week.
Total Hands-On Care Provider Hours each day: 152 hours
Regular Long Term Care Staffing Levels
The Master Rotation for Long Term Care Staffing of Special Care Aides sets out the following regularly scheduled shifts:
On Day Shift: there are ONLY 2 Special Care Aides scheduled to work a twelve hour day shift every day of the week and 4 Special Care Aides to work an eight hour day every day of the week.
On Evening Shift: there are 2 Special Care Aides scheduled to work an eight hour evening shift every day of the week.
On Night Shift: there are ONLY 2 Special Care Aides scheduled to work a twelve hour night shift every day of the week.
Total Hands-On Care Provider Hours each day: 96 hours
WHAT A DIFFERENCE?
And here are some examples of when Regular Long Term Care Staffing Levels have NOT been met and the results:
November 18, 2010.....Working Short on day shift
= results: 2 residents left in Broda chairs due to shortage of staff (usually lie in bed); 1 resident no scheduled tub bath (only time for bed-bath); 1 resident vomiting and diarrhea. Placed in bed, bed bathed and left in bed for remainder of day; and 3 residents not able to be put in bed for rest period.
November 24, 2010…..Working Short on a portion of the evening shift
= results: 2 clients not able to rest in bed after dinner (require lifts from chairs)
November 25, 2010…..Working Short after 2:00 p.m.
= results: 8 residents not able to lie down after dinner (require lifts from wheelchairs)
December 13, 2010 …..Short Staffed AGAIN!!!
= results: 2 residents not able to lie down after dinner; routine bowel care could not be done
Outbreak Status: declared on January 12, 2011
January 13, 2010…..Working Short during Days
while Trent Regier is publicly announcing the addition of staff to deal with the outbreak
January 15, 2010…..Working Short during Days
= results: unable to do 1 tub bath
January 22, 2010…..Working Short on Days
= results: 1 tub bath not given
January 24, 2010…..Working Short on Days
= results: 2 tub baths not done
January 31, 2011: Outbreak Status rescinded
February 9, 2010…..Housekeeping working short too
= results: Floor scrubber not used for hospital & Lab not cleaned. Chairs, railings, door knobs, light switches not cleaned and disinfected. No dry mopping.No garbages emptied in admin areas.
February 10, 2010…..Only 2 out of 4 Housekeepers today
= results: X-ray not cleaned; No floor scrubber; No office garbage collection; No chairs, railings, door knobs, light switches cleaned or disinfected;
Hairdressing room not cleaned; Acute care-bare minimum accomplished;
No floors cleaned in rooms, no dry mop, no visiting professionals rooms cleaned, or garbage collected.
YUK!
Please note that any errors and/or omissions as to the above occurrences on the given dates and times of staff shortages are not intentional and are not intended to mislead the reader.
Wow! What this tells me is that residents are able to receive 152 hours of hands-on care BUT only if the workers are having difficulty at their bargaining table. Otherwise, residents get up to 96 hours of hands-on care each day. I wonder what the thinking is behind that. If they need 152 hours of staffing in order to provide essential services, you would think they would try to provide essential services all the time. How many residents are there?
ReplyDeleteThe normal number of residents is 44. At one point during the outbreak, we had 12 residents in isolation, who, of course, required more care...not less.
ReplyDeleteSo on an average 24 hour day, each resident receives a maximum of slightly over two hours of hands on care. In reality much less, as there are other duties the SCA's are expected to complete during their shifts. (daily report, charting, changing and making beds, etc).
A vast majority of our residents require high levels of care, for everything from getting out of bed to be bathed and dressed, to going to the washroom, to being taken to the dining room for meals. They are in wheelchairs or broda chairs, requiring lifts to transfer them.
Some need assistance eating.
The residents are our parents, grandparents, family members, and friends. They deserve so much more than the staff are able to give. It is not because the staff are not willing to give as much as they can, because they do. Day after day. It is the sheer time factor which prevents the delivery of quality care.
The "patient first" vision of the Region is falling ridiculously short. It is the sick and vulnerable who are bearing the brunt of their short sighted and ill conceived programs.
I am a ward clerk in the Health Care System, I would like to retire and continue working casual. I've been told that is no longer possible. There are no casual clerks available to fill in for work load or vacation & illness coverage, therefore we work short and the work load is overwhelming. When asked to come in on overtime, I'm hasten because, this will not solve the issue. They then have a nurse or SCA do the work on overtime, paying double her wage which is double of a ward clerk, in the nurse covering. Why not allow me to work casual?
ReplyDeleterehiring a person to work casual would be a great idea. only this time put that person at the bottom of the call in list so casuals that are already there get first choice not last. Generally there is enough work to go around
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