Schachtel explained while funeral home staff and death-care workers are doing everything they can to support those who are bereaved, they are dealing with bodies who have carried the COVID-19 virus and comforting family members who may have interacted with that person while they were alive.
Considering the increased risk, Schachtel says he hopes the government of Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Health ensure they re part of the Phase 1 rollout of the vaccine, set to start in late December. Lets face it, most of the deaths that are happening are in the nursing homes, and we have to go there to pick up the deceased, so we re coming into COVID territory, he said. We have to be ready, just like the health-care workers do that are caring for these seniors in their care homes.
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According to FSIN Vice Chief David Pratt, the FSIN Cultural Responsiveness Framework (CRF) was developed in 2013 to address systemic racism that exists within the Saskatchewan health-care system. Since 2014, the FSIN has been working collaboratively with CME and CERS on how to integrate the CRF into the USask Indigenous wellness course. “Conceptually, this course is designed to move mainstream health practitioners into a ‘middle ground’ space through increased cultural awareness and understanding and from this place of understanding, have individuals and work units commit to meaningful, culturally responsive changes that will make their workplace more culturally respectful and safe for Indigenous people,” said Pratt. “The expectation would be that the more individuals who take this course, the greater the potential there is for affecting meaningful, substantive, systemic change that will combat the racism that continues to exist in the mainstream health system.”