Report and poll results involving violence against long-term care staff coming today

CUPE officials will be highlighting results of a study and poll of violence against long-term care staff in Ontario later today in the city.

Officials say poll results for North Bay and several other northeastern Ontario communities show Registered Practical Nurses and Personal Support Workers experience higher rates of physical violence than the provincial average.

In a release, the union says when viewed together, the “Breaking Point” study and the poll offer an incisive look at violence as symptomatic of a sector that undervalues both its staff and residents and how violence affects workers’ health and well-being – causing injuries, unaddressed emotional trauma, job dissatisfaction, and burnout – and, ultimately, resident care quality.

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