Connecting Long-Term Care Residents to More Hours of Hands-on Care

June 22, 2023

Our government is making historic investments to fix long-term care, including hiring thousands of additional healthcare workers as we implement a nation-leading standard of four hours of care, per resident, per day by 2025.

To help meet that goal, we’re expanding LEAP LTC by investing $16.5 million to train up to 600 new personal support workers.

More personal support workers will help connect residents to more hours of hands-on direct care while also helping healthcare staff upskill their careers.

Read more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003182/ontario-expanding-personal-support-worker-training-program-in-long-term-care