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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Nelson Struk: Arrested and detained without cause

On Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 10:30 AM, we were shocked to find Mr. Struk detained in D4, a small, white windowless room, which appeared to be a holding cell…

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 […]

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 […]

UPCOMING HEARINGS

April 19, 2010, @ 2:00 PM Edmonton Court House Queens Bench Surrogate Court Re: Vera Croucher matter (Confidential Patient) May 3rd, 2010, @ 2:00 PM Edmonton Court House Queens Bench Surrogate Court: Re: Dora Cinciruk who has been unlawfully detained. June 21 & 22nd, 2010, @ 9:30 AM Fort Saskatchewan Provincial  Court. Fort Saskatchewan Court house House, […]

UPCOMING HEARINGS

 -Edmonton Court of Queens Bench Surrogate Court, Edmonton, AB. March 29, 2010, Monday @ 2:00 PM  Hearing in regard to Stephen Pillott, 104 years old A son is suing him. – Edmonton Court of Queens Bench Surrogate Court, Edmonton, AB. April 12, 2010, @ 2:00 PM Application for Guardianship & Trusteeship of Dora Cinciruk who […]

PEARL VILLA HOMES, FOUND TO HAVE MISSPENT $3.4 M

The provincial government is seeking $3.4 million from an Edmonton seniors  home after the auditor general’s office found the home had not appropriately spent  its government funding.  Pearl Villa Homes, had been given a multimillion-dollar government contract, with  most of the money intended to go to pay employees providing client care. But over  three years, one-fifth […]

DETAINEES HELD IN ACTIVE TREATMENT BEDS, LOCKED UNITS, ALBERTA HOSPITAL & ELSEWHERE.

A strong, detailed submission was hand delivered today to the Honorable Premier, Mr. Stelmach and the Honourable Minister of Justice, Ms. Alison Redford, who is also a human rights lawyer, regarding the  matter of numbers of seniors being detained in active treatment beds. They are given little or no nursing  care, no recreation, no mental […]