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Health Care Aid Wage Supplement for Health Care Aides
The COVID-19 pandemic has put pressures on continuing care facilities no only on patient safety but also regarding health human resources.
On April 20, 2020, the Government of Alberta announced increased funding to help with pressures in contracted continuing care facilities, including a wage supplement for health care aides at contracted sites. The additional pay is to support hiring of additional staff at these continuing care sites, which have been hit the hardest by COVID-19.
At this time, the wage supplement only applies to health care aides who work at contracted long term care and designated supportive living sites and does not apply to health care aides who work for AHS, Covenant Health, Carewest or Capital Care. It also does not apply to other healthcare worker roles.
At this time, the wage supplement only applies to health care aides who work at contracted long term care and designated supportive living sites and does not apply to health care aides who work for AHS, Covenant Health, Carewest or Capital Care. It also does not apply to other healthcare worker roles.
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is Canada’s first and largest provincewide, fully-integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to the more than 4.4 million people living in Alberta, as well as to some residents of Saskatchewan, B.C. and the Northwest Territories.
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