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Tofield Lodge

TOFIELD LODGE GIVES EVICTION NOTICE TO SENIOR RESIDENT. Senior ordered to be evicted – one weeks notice. If the resident rented an apartment, would have to be given 90 days notice. However seniors have limited rights, are not included under Alberta Human Rights Legislation, Section # 4, therefore their rights can be abused. 08/03/16

Flora L’Heureux

February 6, 2008 VIA FACSIMILE 780 422 9138 Office of the Public Guardian 9942, 108 St. 4th Floor, Edmonton, AB. Canada Attention: Patrick McManus, Public Guardian Officer Dear Mr. McManus: Reference – Pre-Admissions Medical Report re. Flora l’Heureux Yesterday morning Flora L’Heureux inquired of Dr. Gerry Schwalfenberg who was making rounds at Lynwood, as to […]

Exploitation of Estate?

May 29, 2015 Via facsimile – 780 422 9136 – Letter to follow   Mr. Les Hills, Acting Alberta Public Trustee, Office of the Public Trustee 4th Floor, Brownlee Bldg. 10365 97 Street, Edmonton, AB. T5J 3Z8     Dear Mr. Hills: Reference: Estate of Lewis Clarke and Ruth Clarke – 10946 154 Street, Edmonton, […]

Abuse of Laura Finlay

Elder Advocates Of Alberta Society March 18, 2015 Via Facsimile (780) 415 8611 To the Protection For Persons In Care Act abuse line: Complaint against: Patrick McManus, Public Guardian Representative Office of the Public Guardian Reference: Client – Laura Guna Finlay- DOB February 23, 1922 Good Samaritan Wedman House, 10525 19 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB […]

Children banned from seeing her parents

February 20th & 21st, 2014 @ 10:00 AM Thursday & Friday EDMONTON COURT HOUSE – Court of Queens Bench APPLICATION BY COVENANT HEALTH FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOIP) ADJUDICATOR’S DECISION. Shauna McHarg, who is the subject of banning in regard to her parents who are residents at the Covenant Health Edmonton General […]

100-year-old tied to toilet

Complaint Report   Letter of Complaint September 25, 2012 via Facsimile 780 415 8611 Protection For Persons in Care File # 7689 We object to the following complaint being dismissed. To the Protection For Persons In Care Act File # 7689 Complaint against Dany-Ann Fournier, RN, Care Manager, J.P. Decosse Long term Care Center, St. […]

Criminal behaviour by the Public Guardian

As told to us by Joanne, daughter of Shirley Hamilton, At 7:00 PM, September 12, 2012, Joanne received a phone call from her mother. Hamilton was sobbing, saying she did not know where she was and that she was very frightened…

Public Trustee bullies client

Client is in great anguish at the prospect of being evicted from her domicile. She has told us that she does not wish to leave her home, her neighborhood, her friends…

Redford raises long-term care fees

Premier Alison Redford has raised the cap on seniors long-term care accommodation by five per cent. During the Tory leadership race,  Redford mused about removing the cap altogether, an idea she abandoned during the spring election.* After the election, Health Minister Fred Horne and Seniors Minister George VanderBurg studiously avoided questions about whether the cap will be removed, saying […]

Dennis Riopel denied justice

The court disregarded the fact that the Office of the Public Trustee (OPT) had filed an untruthful affidavit. The Application was flawed and untrustworthy…

Senior neglected by the Public Guardian

Our complaint against the Guardian chronicles disregard, isolation, bullying, inhumane treatment. We allege, that throughout, the alleged “care and support” of the Office of the Public Guardian, the client has been subjected to elder abuse and neglect…

Secret Geriatric Assessment referral

When I recently showed you a copy of the Glenrose letter dated June 30, 2011, you offered no information concerning this assessment…

Human Rights complaint refused

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMPLAINT UNDER THE ALBERTA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT We, the Elder Advocates of Alberta Society COMPLAIN AGAINST Guardians of Helen Tiedemann DOB 1938, March 12 Mrs Vera (John) Heitman Mr. Ralph Tiedemann Alleging that since October 2008 until the present, the Guardians of Helen Tiedemann have disallowed Helen Tiedemann to go for a […]

Myrtle Hofer: Senior apprehended by Public Guardian

On June 16, 2010, Ms.Tobi-Dawn McRae, Public Guardian Officer, Lethbridge made an ex parte Application to the court for the apprehension of Mrs. Hofer…

B.C. man loses right to care for wife

An elderly B.C. man says a provincial health authority stripped him and his wife of their legal and financial rights after he complained bitterly about his wife’s care in the long-term care wing of a local hospital. “She would have been far better at home,” said George Brent, 83, of his wife’s care at the […]