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Residents Step In to Save Care | Winnipeg News
When home-care aides at Shaftesbury Park Retirement Residence in Winnipeg unionized, they triggered a staffing crisis that left vulnerable residents stranded. After the facility abruptly cut ties with a provincial funding program and laid off 70 of 80 aides, residents banded together to form a committee and find a new care provider. They chose JTRC Care Services — which will match the old rates and even consider rehiring some of the displaced workers — to keep care flowing. For residents like Joelle Robinson and Terry Hopkinson, this grassroots effort is a lifeline, proving that when systems…
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