Called to react on the housing crisis for people living with an intellectual disability and / or an autism spectrum disorder (ID-ASD) revealed by the investigation of the To have toFrançois Legault admitted at a press conference on Wednesday morning that “we have to take better care of people [DI-TSA] past 18 years.
The duty reported this week that the lack of available living environments, the explosion in the number of emergency situations and the increase in cases were leading to placements that were far from ideal, according to the forty testimonies collected within the framework of his investigation.
The Prime Minister stressed the need to increase the number of accommodation places while insisting on the fact that Lionel Carmant had started this mission. “Obviously there are issues with recruiting labor and building accommodation because there is also a lack of construction employees,” says Mr. Legault.
The spokesperson for Québec solidaire, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, finds for his part “absolutely appalling [et] inadmissible” the situation experienced by people living with an intellectual disability and/or an autism spectrum disorder (ID-ASD). He questions the Prime Minister’s political will in this matter. “François Legault never speaks of this world and he promises them nothing in his financial framework,” he lamented.
For its part, QS will “generally” improve the working conditions of all staff, including that of Continuous Assistance Residences (RAC), promises Mr. Nadeau-Dubois.
The Legault government’s decision to “improve the working conditions of two or three trades” in the health network – beneficiary attendants and nurses, for example – has accentuated the labor shortage in the RACs. . This is the “crux of the problem” of the poor quality of services in certain establishments where medical prescriptions or dietary restrictions are notably ignored. The health and social services system is made up of “a lot of people, including a lot of people in the shadows,” he insisted.
Liberal leader Dominique Anglade said Wednesday that beyond the problem of funding and personnel in accommodation resources, it is necessary to have “a great listening” on this subject. “I would tend to sit down with people to try to resolve this issue,” she said, passing through Quebec.
The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) is also proposing the creation of a Secretariat for people living with a disability or on the autism spectrum. The goal is to give “more voice” to these Quebecers, she argued.
Chronic underfunding
The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, believes that the lack of training and the lack of funding and manpower compromise the safety and rehabilitation of users in accommodation resources. He proposes to invest 800 million dollars if he is elected.
“We plan to increase the funding of intermediate and family resources by approximately $800 million in the first mandate precisely to ensure an adequate, stable and better trained workforce. In addition, we must begin a real shift towards home support to offer services adapted to people with ID-ASD in addition to offering more respite and assistance to families. We plan to invest 3 billion dollars on a recurring basis over the next four years to triple the number of hours of home support. »
The Conservative Party of Quebec believes that the issue of DI-ASD accommodation is part of a more global reflection on mental health. “We want to hold a summit on mental health in Quebec within the first 50 days of our mandate. We will have to have a much more global approach because Quebec is suffering enormously and needs resources. […] It’s not just a question of money, it’s also a question of the labor shortage in this industry in particular. »
With Alexandre Robillard, François Carabin, Marco Bélair-Cirino, Florence Morin-Martel, and Isabelle Porter