Elderly and demented residents are attacking their caregivers in Canadian nursing homes at alarming rates, a new study out of York University says.
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“Almost all of the personal support workers that we surveyed said they experienced physical violence (at some point) from the residents they cared for,” [lead study author Albert] Banerjee says.
As well, about 30 per cent of Canadian workers – 95 per cent of them women – complained of unwanted sexual attention on a daily or weekly basis.
Almost 12 per cent said they suffered racial slurs over the same time frames.
1 comment:
I'm watching season two Of Due South, and it affirms my belief that you Canoodians are a lovely bunch of coconuts. Are you all so whimsical in a serious and polite way? Color me fascinated.
Emerson
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