Nursing-home care aides are the real heroes

Many families often take on tasks like feeding, helping with mobility, and engaging socially in the care homes, but because they can no longer visit, this puts even more onus on care aides to safeguard them.

Seniors Minister Deb Schulte, pictured on the Hill earlier this year, is helping co-ordinate the government's response to the spread in long-term care homes with the provinces. The work of care aides is central to the survival of our most vulnerable population, write Dr. Carole A. Estabrook and Dr. Janice Keefe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DR. CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND DR. JANICE KEEFE

April 20, 2020

There will be many heroes in the coming days, some already rising to the challenge of COVID-19, including nurses, doctors, paramedics and hospital cleaners, as well as delivery drivers, grocery store workers, and warehouse staff....

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