by The province says it’s spending $3.6 million on a new continuing care assistant program that will be tested this year to try to improve training for CCAs and get them to work sooner.
It says the average length of CCA training is now eight months but a six-month training program will be piloted in April with an updated curriculum that better reflects the complex care needs of older Nova Scotians.
Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Barbara Adams made the announcement today.
The province is partnering with the Community College and Shannex on the program and students in the pilot will get free tuition and books and a wage supplement from Employment Nova Scotia.
More information on the program can be found on the Shannex website at: https://shannex.com/cca-program/