Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Latest Paper
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | Latest Paper
Subscribe Now

TRENDING:

Carole A. Estabrooks and Janice Keefe

Dr. Carole A. Estabrooks is scientific director of the pan-Canadian Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program and professor and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. Dr. Janice Keefe is professor of Family Studies & Gerontology, the Lena Isabel Jodrey Chair in Gerontology, and director of the NS Centre on Aging at Mount Saint Vincent University. She is also a senior member of the TREC research program.

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers, trauma-informed workplaces are a solution

  • By prioritizing care aides’ mental health in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for LTC
Opinion | BY CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND JANICE KEEFE | October 3, 2025
A recent study comparing burnout levels for care aides between 2014 and 2024 found that the levels—which were high prior to the pandemic—have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Care aides’ emotional exhaustion levels increased and their professional efficacy levels decreased. Image courtesy of Pexels.com

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers, trauma-informed workplaces are a solution

Opinion | BY CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND JANICE KEEFE | October 3, 2025
  • By prioritizing care aides’ mental health in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for LTC

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers, trauma-informed workplaces are a solution

Opinion | BY CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND JANICE KEEFE | October 3, 2025
  • By prioritizing care aides’ mental health in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for LTC
A recent study comparing burnout levels for care aides between 2014 and 2024 found that the levels—which were high prior to the pandemic—have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Care aides’ emotional exhaustion levels increased and their professional efficacy levels decreased. Image courtesy of Pexels.com

Care aides are the real heroes

  • There will be many heroes in the coming days, some already rising to the challenge of COVID-19, including nurses, doctors, paramedics, and hospital cleaners,
Opinion | BY CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND JANICE KEEFE | April 27, 2020
COVID-19 has hit nursing homes across the country hard with more than 600 nursing homes reporting COVID-19 cases and many reported COVID-19 related deaths—and these numbers rising daily.

Care aides are the real heroes

Opinion | BY CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND JANICE KEEFE | April 27, 2020
  • There will be many heroes in the coming days, some already rising to the challenge of COVID-19, including nurses, doctors, paramedics, and hospital cleaners,

Care aides are the real heroes

Opinion | BY CAROLE A. ESTABROOKS AND JANICE KEEFE | April 27, 2020
  • There will be many heroes in the coming days, some already rising to the challenge of COVID-19, including nurses, doctors, paramedics, and hospital cleaners,
COVID-19 has hit nursing homes across the country hard with more than 600 nursing homes reporting COVID-19 cases and many reported COVID-19 related deaths—and these numbers rising daily.
More Stories

News

Get free news updates

Opinion

Submit a guest opinion article

resources

Follow us

Advertise

get help

Subscribe
CloseMenu