Health-Care and English as a Second Language

English as a second language: The average health-care aide in a Manitoba nursing home is a middle-aged woman who is dedicated, hard-working and speaks English as a second language. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. She also faces a "worrisome" level of burnout with seniors who are frail and likely as not to suffer dementia. Forty per cent of aides are women of Filipino descent, many of them immigrants. Their patients are mostly Anglo-Saxon. A class of health-care aides at Herzing College works with instructor Nancy Scott on Tuesday. Photo Store She has limited training and works without the security or guidance of professional regulations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.