Journal article
Vulnerability: An Interpretive Descriptive Study of Personal Support Workers’ Experiences of Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Personal support workers (PSWs) are important healthcare workers providing essential services to thousands of Canadians. PSWs face many challenges that were exacerbated in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study we explore experiences of PSWs working through the pandemic in Ontario long-term care (LTC) homes by focusing on the vulnerability of such workers.
METHODS: An interpretive description approach was …
Authors
Panda U; Lanoix M; Gewurtz R; Moll S; Durocher E
Journal
Healthcare, Vol. 12, No. 23,
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/healthcare12232474
ISSN
2227-9032