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DriveABLE test required for renewal of Operator’s License
We have advised the Honourable Minister of Transportation that Driver Fitness and Monitoring staff, continue to require that senior drivers subject themselves to the DriveABLE computer test. We have received documentation that a Reviewing Officer, has demanded by means of written letter & enclosure, that a senior take DriveABLE testing if they wish to have […]
Long-term care beds replaced by supportive-living beds.
Health Minister Fred Horne has stated publicly that the town of High River, AB. will lose one third of its’ long-term care beds. Twenty-five beds will be replaced by private supportive-living beds (Sunrise Village Facility). These beds will not be subject to the Nursing Homes Act & will provide a lower level of care. Furthermore, […]
Zyprexa kills patient
April of 2009, Mrs.Carol Pifko, a patient in the Norwood LTC facility, was elderly (a few months shy of her 62nd birthday) & suffered from dementia. April 24, 2009, she was prescribed Zyprexa (Olanzapine) without the knowledge or consent of herself or her family. Dr. Asad Brahim from Alberta Hospital, who recommended Zyprexa never saw […]
Senior raped in her home
Gabriel Dale Cardinal, was sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty in Provincial Court to charges of breaking into an inner city home and raping a 79-year-old woman while she was sleeping . Cardinal was given 14 months’ credit for the time he has been in leaving him with six years and 10 […]
JEAN WARDEN FATALITY INQUIRY
Friday, June 14, 2013, was the final day of Fatality Inquiry of Jean Warden, deceased September 23, 2005. When Warden was transferred from nursing home to University Hospital, assessment by staff of the University Hospital, Edmonton, documented the following: “malnutrition / dehydration, muscle wasting, decreased albumin levels, anemia, appeared totally emaciated, cachexia, swollen left great […]
SIMARD MD & DRIVEABLE PROTOCOL
Across the province, seniors continue to be scammed by the Simard MD & DriveABLE protocol, despite appeals to the Minister’s Office.
FINANCIAL ELDER ABUSE
Wendy Curran 43, of Edmonton is to make a first court appearance Friday, June 21st, 2013 on charges of fraud. She allegedly befriended three elderly men with the intent to take advantage of them financially. It is estimated that she defrauded them for roughly $200,000.
INCREASED SPENDING FOR SUPPORTED LIVING SPACES
April 8, 2013, it was announced that the province’s health authority was slashing $52 million, or five per cent of its’ budget .from nursing home spending. It was further made public that AHS will increase spending for supported living spaces. Why would Alberta Health Services (AHS) increase funding to lower- level care beds when in […]
Brazilian doctor Virginia Soares de Souza, could have killed more than 300 patients to free up beds
Ruth, Did you read this (Brazilian Dr Virginia Soares de Souza charged with killing patients) ? Very similar to Dr.Werkman from St. Paul prescribing ZYPREXA for thousands of patients (most of them elderly), but keeping no records. Also similar to Raubenheimer using a falsified order/prescription to obtain Morphine for the elderly. There are still absolutely […]
Lisa Goltman – Assaulted at Alberta Hospital
On March 25, 2013 this 22 year old Edmonton woman was so severely injured at Alberta Hospital Edmonton, that she had to be sent to the emergency room of the University Hospital. The injuries were allegedly sustained at 3:00 PM, however no ambulance was on site until 4:30 PM. It was reported that her lip […]
DriveABLE Assessment Corp.Inc. multi-million dollar
Honourable Mr. Ric McIvor, Minister of Transportation, Dear Mr. Minister: Reference: DriveABLE Assessment Corp.Inc. multi-million dollar, private for profit enterprise, housed in Alberta Health Services (AHS) Red Deer Health Care Centre misrepresenting themselves as if they were part of AHS and approved by Alberta Transportation. […]
Takedown of 80 year old, Villa Caritas
August 30, 2011 Minister of Health & Wellness, the Honorable Gene Zwozdesky Complaints Manager, College of Physicians and Surgeons 2700 Telus Plaza South, 10020 100th Street Edmonton, AB. T5J 0N3 Solicitor General & Minister of Public Security,Honourable Frank Oberle Legislature Building, Edmonton, AB. ——————————————- COMPLAINT re. Dr. Kevin Lawless, Psychiatrist, Geriatric unit, Villa Caritas, 16515 […]
Office of the Public Trustee- Investigation by the Auditor General
We are aware of troubling issues dating back many years. In 1998, the Office of the Public Trustee stopped a police investigation of financial elder abuse by seizing the evidence, a cheque, from the Edmonton Police Service. At a passing of accounts in 2001 by the Office of the Public Trustee, a Provincial Court Judge […]
Patient-based funding begins for long-term care residents – March 1, 2013
Funding for long-term care centre residents will be based on the specific health care needs of each person under a new funding model being implemented. The new funding model – called Patient Care Based Funding – is designed to provide equitable funding for every resident in long-term care across the province. “The more care a […]