Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted to ask the Minister in terms of his support for training, upgrading of the home care services in the smaller communities. I believe that the Minister mentioned sometime that studies have indicated, from my region at least, that the elders, the people wanted more home care workers going into their communities. Right now, it seems like we have one home care worker for possibly over 20 clients. That I'm hearing back, just from the last weekend, is that these home care workers are so in demand that they only spend approximately maybe half-an-hour per client, and they don't do justice to home care service. So I want to ask the Minister in terms of having support for these elders in their home care services in regions where they desperately need them. Thank you.
Norman Yakeleya on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 19th, 2006
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