Lack of Funding leads to Attrition in Senior Care Centers

Recently, I read an article that reminded me that our own government has consistently under funded important social programs in America. An advocacy group for the disabled of Canada indicated that if the government continues to refuse support to non profit disabled senior care facilities, senior citizens in Alberta will bear the effects.

Senior Care Centers are only able to pay their employees 14 –18 dollars per hour, compared to public sector pay scales of 21 – 30 dollars per hour. This disparity in pay has caused Senior Care facilities to reach the breaking point, and if the Canadian government does not step in and increase funding by at least 182 million, there will be multiple closings.

Currently, Alberta has about 300 such care facilities that are experiencing 40 to 65 percent employee turn over rates due to the Seniors Center’s inability to compete with public sector pay scales. Consequently, the remaining staff is overworked and underpaid. The Canadian funding crisis is even affecting the number of individuals who are choosing to enter college rehabilitation programs.

As populations across the North American continent age, senior care is becoming both an important social and political issue that will have to be addressed in some meaningful way. Without a doubt, more consideration and planning for changing demographics will have to occur.






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