Under pressure: Home care patients and workers in Saskatchewan feeling strain of the system

Baths helped loosen and relax Erin Millikin’s muscles. They were therapeutic. When they were taken away, her health declined rapidly.
Millikin, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the age of eight, was a client of Saskatchewan’s public home care system for more than 25 years.
Now 43, she needs home care visits seven days a week. For years, staff provided three baths each week, which were three-hour appointments. Because she has a lift, those visits required two home hea