Abuse & Neglect Studies
Home > Abuse & Neglect StudiesBlackadar Continuing Care Centre
Blackadar Care Centre contravenes province’s long-term care legislation. The Hamilton nursing home lost power for more than 13 hours. Internal documents show it wasn’t an isolated incident ? The call bells used to summon staff for help stopped working the instant the nursing home lost power during a major winter storm last Dec. 23. So […]
Government Inaction on Senior Issues
July 6, 2022 . Government Inaction on senior issues may be innocuous for politicians but not victims. . The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society asks how free and compassionate our society is if criminal charges are not laid against those who commit abusive crimes against seniors? Is it unfair to label judges and politicians as […]
Failure To Obtain Informed Consent From Senior Drivers
REGISTERED MAIL Professional Conduct Department College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta Suite 2700, 10020 – 100 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 0N3 Dear Sir/ Madam: REFERENCE: FAILURE TO OBTAIN INFORMED CONSENT- ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS Alberta citizens, 75 years & over are required to have a medical exam by a physician in order to register for […]
Elder Advocates want province to do more to protect seniors abuse
MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT ALBERTA SENIORS! – The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society is urging provincial legislators to do more to protect seniors from abuse, an issue which affects approximately 9 per cent of Albertans over the age of 65. EAAS executive director Ruth Adria specifically called out MLAs who she says […]
Alberta Senior Citizens Left To Die
LEFT TO DIE. – March 2, 2021 Dr. Verna Yiu, President & CEO Alberta Health Services (AHS) Seventh Street Plaza, 14th Floor, North Tower 10030 – 107 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E4 – Dear Madam: REFERENCE: AHS cancels contract with Calgary long term care facility, Millrise Seniors Village 14911 – 5th Street S.W. Calgary, […]
Alberta Elder Abuse Day: Much Needs to be Done.
The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society issued this statement recognizing Elder Abuse Day, June 15, 2022 – During a time and an age when government popularity and the concept of human rights are closely tied politically to each other, Alberta’s seniors still suffer within our institutions. The Elder Advocates of Alberta Society (EAAS) receives \ […]
“Provinces face precarious fiscal positions—even post-pandemic”
“PROVINCES FACE PRECARIOUS FISCAL POSITIONS – EVEN POST PANDEMIC” ———– Jake Fuss of the Fraser Institute has written an article citing the high cost of senior health care. He writes:“As the senior population increases in Canada, there will be significant pressure placed on provincial health care budgets. Seniors use more health-care resources than other age […]
BC Postpones Surgeries Due Staff Shortages
OVER 3,000 BC UNVACCINATED HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN PUT ON UNPAID HEALTH LEAVE. — British Columbia hospitals are postponing surgeries due to staffing shortages created by unvaccinated health-care workers who have been put on unpaid leave, says Health Minister Adrian Dix. Dix said Monday that 3,325 health-care workers across the province have not been immunized […]
Firing Health Care Workers Raises Ethical Concerns
FIRING HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO REFUSE VACCINATION RAISES ETHICAL CONCERNS experts ==== ‘I get very uncomfortable with people being fired over this,’ says bioethicist Kerry Bowman Would you refuse the COVID-19 vaccine at the risk of losing your job? That’s a question thousands of unvaccinated Canadian health-care workers are grappling with. (Tara Walton/The Canadian Press) […]
Quebec High Covid-19 Death Toll
11,289 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN QUEBEC of COVID-19, many of them RESIDENTS IN LONG TERM CARE HOMES —– Disorganized elder care in Quebec contributed to COVID 19 death toll: report Castonguay released preliminary report on state of health and social services network for seniors Quebec’s health and welfare commissioner says the disorganized and poorly evaluated […]
Half a Century of Deadly Senior Neglect
In December 2004 at the Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home, Edmonton, Jenny Nelson, an alzheimer patient was placed in a bath chair and slowly lowered into a tub of scalding hot water. She died. In December 2020, at the Cedars Villa Nursing Home, Calgary, on a cold wintry night, windchill -16, a 91 year old dementia […]
St. Albert Firefighters Battled Massive Blaze at Seniors Facility
St. Albert Firefighters Battled Massive Blaze at Seniors Care Facility A massive blaze at a St. Albert long-term care home has displaced more than 100 seniors who have been forced to find lodging elsewhere. St. Albert RCMP received a call to assist the local fire service with a structure fire at the Citadel Mews located […]
ACCOUNTABILITY
Subject: ACCOUNTABILITY Date: March 10, 2021 at 3:02:40 PM MST To: Minister of Justice: Health Minister: Seniors Minister: Please allow us to bring to your attention the following issues: 1) REFERENCE: ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES (AHS) CANCELS CONTRACT WITH CALGARY MILLRISE SENIORS VILLAGE. Millrise Seniors Village 14911 – 5th Street S.W. Calgary, AB. Head Office – […]
Millrise Seniors Village
MILLRISE SENIORS VILLAGE, CALGARY, AB. REFERENCE: “Alberta Health Services (AHS) cancels contract with Calgary long term care facility”, ——————- Millrise Seniors Village 14911 – 5th Street S.W. Calgary, AB. Head Office – Retirement Concepts – 1818-701 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC, V7Y 1C6 Ph. 604.662.4969 ) managed by West Coast Seniors Housing Management, owner (Chinese) […]
A Shocking Parallel
In December 2004 at the Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home,Edmonton, Jenny Nelson was placed in a bath chair and slowly lowered into a tub of scalding hot water. She died In December 2020, at the Cedars Villa Nursing Home, Calgary, on a cold wintry night, windchill -22, a 91 year old dementia patient from a locked […]