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LONG TERM CARE BEDS
On any given day in Alberta, more than 700 people are living in an active
treatment hospital bed while they wait for a long-term care bed: A hospital
bed that costs the public health care system $30,000 a month.
Assisted living facilities have high vacancy rate.
A Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation report released
earlier this week shows the vacancy rate for assisted-living facilities
where seniors get less than 1.5 hours of care each day — has
skyrocketed in Alberta, to 12.2 per cent in 2009 from 5.9 per cent in 2009.
During the same period, the vacancy rate for care spaces where
residents get more than [...]
MENTALLY HANDICAPPED EXTENDED NO PROTECTION
Betty Anne Gagnon, 48, was blind and mentally handicapped. She died alone under horrific, unthinkable circumstances.
Marilyn Lane, 42, who from childhood suffered from Downs Syndrome,
burned to death in an unlicensed, unmonitored Capilano group home.
Both, were not under the protection of the Public Guardian or under
private guardianship.
However, in our world, we continue to witness an epidemic of [...]
GREGORY CARTER, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATE, PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD, PERJURY, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Gregory Carter, Psychological Associate pleaded guilty Tuesday
to charges of professional misconduct. He faces criminal charges,
including fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice and there are
additional complaints about him before the College of Psychologists
of Ontario.
Betty Anne Gagnon: Sister, brother-in-law charged with manslaughter
EDMONTON — Betty Anne Gagnon was 48 years old when she died, barely able to see and unable to care for herself, was found dead on Nov. 20/09, curled in the front seat of a pickup truck parked at a gas station near Edmonton. Her face was bruised and one eye was black.
According to court [...]
FATALITY INQUIRY – JUNE 21, 2010 – DEATH AT THE RADWAY CARE CENTER – FIRST DAY OF INQUIRY
1) A professional doctor, attending at the Radway Long Term Care Center prescribed
a neuroleptic
drug for a patient whom he did not first go to see or assess. He never
did go to see her.
He allegedly prescribed the drug on the recommendation of a psychiatrist located in
St. Paul, AB. The psychiatrist also had never assessed or even seen the patient for
whom she recommended the drug. [...]
FATALITY INQUIRY
FATALITY INQUIRY
Monday & Tuesday
June 21 &22, 9:30 AM
Fort Saskatchewan Provincial Court House, 10504 100 AVE.
Erna Schlogel
Death at Radway Care Center January 24th, 2007.
Judge: J. Burgess presiding
PERSONAL DIRECTIVE, ALBERTA
In 2006, a multi-million dollar estate was seized without a lawyer, without a court order, with a Personal Directive that had not been properly enacted.
However the Banks, the Courts, all accepted the flawed, dishonest process. The victimized
senior, a hard working Canadian citizen, though fully oriented to date, time and place
time, was detained behind locked doors in an assisted living [...]
PSYCHIATRISTS BLAST MANITOBA FOR INTERFERING IN BUS BEHEADER’S TREATMENT.
A group representing more than 4,000 Canadian psychiatrists has condemned
the Manitoba govt. decision to prevent Vince Li from taking supervised outdoor strolls,
calling it
“the worst kind of political pandering and fear mongering.“They have cited
that it demonstrates ”a shocking lack of knowledge and understanding of mental
illness.“ Li was found not criminally responsible for beheading & cannibalizing
22 yr. old Tim McLean on a Greyhound Bus in [...]
JOANNE TALBOT-BRISSON AND DAUGHTER ACCUSED OF 340K THEFT FROM SENIORS
In total, the two women are accused of stealing more than $340,000 from 18 vulnerable residents
at an Ottawa nursing home, Cumberland Lodge. .Joanne Talbot-Brisson, 46, faces 25 charges,
in relation to incidents that took place over more than a decade, Ottawa police said in a news
release Thursday.
BREACH OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT & CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Seniors arrested & detained by police under the AB. Mental Health Act are not being served, pursuant to the Alberta Mental Health Act, RSA 2000
Section 14, (1) (a) & (b)
They are being deliberately denied their rights pursuant to Section # 10
of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. which directs that
“Everyone has the right on arrest or detention
a)to [...]
STROKE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION PUBLIC AWARENESS WORKSHOP May 29/10
Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre.
9:30 AM -3:30 PM
$15 lunch & coffee. Register 780-407-8729.
Elder Advocates on YouTube
The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society is now on YouTube, where we will be publishing videos of news stories and of seniors experiences relating to Elder Advocates.
You can subscribe if you have a YouTube account, or watch the videos embedded in stories, starting with Flora L’Heureux.
You may find us at youtube.com/elderadvocates. More videos [...]
ASSESSING COMPETENCY
We submit that the present process of assessing competency
is a pseudo science and could be perceived as an industry,
a lucrative, non-regulated industry.
ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND TRUSTEESHIP ACT
The Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act is unjust legislation that
disregards citizenship rights and violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Who drafted this legislation?
Who are the legislative specialists responsible for drafting such legislation?
Who initiated and directed the process?
Who established the criteria for this legislation?
It is clear that it was not the elected MLA’s. Those whom we met
with [...]