The Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 was formed in April 2020 to provide
evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery …

Background Nurses face regular exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events
as part of their occupational responsibilities. Cumulative stress due to repeated exposure to …

Background Societal aging is exerting profound impacts on providers of long-term care.
Nurses provide much of the direct care in the long-term care sector, and they increasingly …

Unregulated care aides provide most of the direct care to nursing home residents. We
previously reported the first demographic profile of care aides in Western Canada through …

Background Care aides (certified nursing assistants, personal support workers) are the
largest workforce in long‐term care (LTC) homes (nursing homes). They provide as much as …

We offer a broad understanding of contemporary issues relevant to the long-term care (LTC)
sector and its workers, globally, and the concurrent evolution and involution of these …

Background Despite the physical demands and risks inherent to working in long-term care
(LTC), little is known about workplace injuries and worker compensation claims in this …

While burnout among health care workers has been well studied, little is known about the
extent to which burnout among health care workers impacts the outcomes of their care …

Context: The impacts of Covid-19 pandemic conditions in Canada's long-term residential
care (LTRC) sector have demonstrated that future pandemic preparedness necessitates not …

Background Medical professionals must maintain their health to provide quality medical care
to patients safely. However, the health-related quality of life of medical professionals is a …