The
news today has been full of stories on the new Seniors Action Plan to be implemented
by the BC Government. A story
in the Globe and Mail stated: Advocate
Health
Minister Mike de Jong outlined a series of tragic incidents involving senior
care in British Columbia in recent years, assuring families that he's heard
them and promising fundamental changes Tuesday.
Mr. De
Jong mentioned the elderly Sidney man forced to fight to win back the thousands
of dollars he deposited with a care home for his wife who died before she moved
in.
He spoke
about the Penticton couple, together for 60 years, who were separated due to
their differing health needs.
He
mentioned the North Vancouver man with dementia who choked to death while being
fed by a caregiver, and “the situation confronted by a 71-year-old man found
weighing 59 pounds in a Penticton motel.”
