People before statistics | the APTS presents its recommendations for the provincial policy on home care
February 11, 2025
Longueuil – The APTS (Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux) submitted its brief today as part of consultations by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux on the future provincial policy on home care. The APTS brief contained essential recommendations to ensure that professionals and technicians can use their expertise with the latitude and resources to offer professional, compassionate, humane care.
“Our members devote their careers to the well-being of people with reduced autonomy, because they fundamentally believe in the value of home care,” said APTS president Robert Comeau. “To enable them to offer accessible, public, quality care and services, we have to create the working conditions and professional autonomy they deserve.”
In its brief entitled L'humain avant les statistiques (in French), the APTS proposes concrete measures to humanize home care and grant a central role to the clinical judgement and expertise of professionals and technicians. It highlights the problems created by cumbersome administrative processes, the lack of recognition of employee skills and bureaucratic obstacles that hamper access to services.
“Professionals and technicians in the public system are on the front lines of home care,” said APTS vice-president Sandra Etienne. “They work tirelessly, with commitment and dedication. We need to recognize their expertise and offer them the conditions conducive to practicing their profession.”
The APTS calls on the government to adopt a provincial policy on home care based on strengthening public services, better needs planning and greater equality of access. Investing in better conditions of work and practice is the key to improving services for people with reduced autonomy. The APTS also voiced its opposition to any form of privatization or payment for home care services, which would hamper equal access to care and services.
The APTS
The APTS (Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux) represents more than 65,000 members who play a key role in ensuring that health and social services institutions run smoothly. Our members provide a wide range of services for all Quebecers, including diagnostic, rehabilitation, nutrition, psychosocial intervention, clinical support, and prevention services.
