physical abuse and substandard living conditions at a long-term

 care centre.  Beverley Munro says staff in her ward at the 

Edmonton General Hospital physically manhandle her to get 

her to bed, and some months ago ripped her earlobe when 

her dressing gown got caught in her earring.

NDP at the legislature.

She said doors are manually operated, she has to kick open

the door  to wheel through which makes it difficult to get around

 in her wheelchair. The hallways have been lined with tarps for years 

to hide buckets catching rain water from leaky roofs.

The elevator goes on the fritz three times a month, she said, 

leaving her trapped inside for over an hour at one point.

Staff hustle patients around, sometimes physically manhandling or 

grabbing them by their clothing, Munro said. They often test the temperature 

of bath water  wearing gloves. Extreme short staffing is the common 

thread here.