Ontario further extends temporary wage increase for personal support workers Nurses, personal support workers and therapists have left home care in droves during the COVID-19 pandemic.“We lost literally over 3,000 nurses and skilled therapists and personal support workers to other parts of the health-care system,” said Sue VanderBent, the CEO of Home Care Ontario, which represents home-care providers in the province.“And that is very bad news for Ontarians who are receiving home care because now our capacity is so depleted that people are just waiting at home for a home care nurse or therapist or PSW who isn’t coming.”The organization achieved a 95-per-cent referral acceptance rate before the pandemic, meaning it could fulfil the vast.