Alberta Elderly Abuse Increase

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’Degraded and helpless’: Spike in reported abuse in continuing care homes

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Documents show increased reports of abuse against seniors in Alberta ’s publicly funded long-term care and supportive living facilities.

Three continuing care clients died after service providers failed to adequately assess and monitor their medical conditions and deteriorating health, documents show.

The most common type of abuse is a “failure to provide the necessities of life,” when serious bodily harm results from a service provider not giving a client adequate food, medical attention, or otherwise neglecting a client's needs.

Alberta NDP critic Lori Sigurdson : A fundamental factor behind issues in continuing care is underfunding.

Provincial inspections have identified several facilities in recent years that weren’t regularly changing bedding or performing necessary cleaning.

The updated Continuing Care Act came into force in April 2024 .

Among the changes to the act is the elimination of a requirement that care home operators provide 1.9 hours of nursing and personal care per day, 22 per cent of which had to be performed by a Registered Nurse .

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