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Why are people talking about Sundre?

Posted on Blog · April 01, 2016 2:38 PM

Why are people talking about Sundre?

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Albertans clearly voted to expand public long term care delivery, not shrink it. The Alberta NDP platform had promised 500 public beds to open per year, and we are now almost a year into our new governments mandate. We still do not have details for any publicly delivered long-term care beds, and now there are plans to close 15 beds.

We have noticed a bit of confusion around the planned closure of long-term care beds in Sundre, so we wanted to provide more background information to detail what has happened, why it’s an issue, and what people can do about it.

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Guest Blog - What's Happening in Sundre?

Posted on Blog · March 27, 2016 11:16 AM

What's happening in Sundre?

wodak.jpg Carol Wodak, March 27, 2016

Note: We're pleased to feature a guest blog post from respected elder care advocate Carol Wodak. Carol is a valuable resource on issues and information relating to continuing care, and has put together some facts and her perspective on what's happening with the closure of 15 publicly delivered long-term care spaces in Sundre, while seeing the opening of a supportive living facility operated privately by Mountain View Seniors' Housing.

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National Medicare Week - Write Your MP!

Posted on Blog · December 01, 2015 3:16 PM

Via our partners in the Canadian Health Coalition

"November 29 - December 5, 2015 is National Medicare Week, an important moment to celebrate our public health care system that is the pride of our nation. It is also a crucial time to focus on our vision for public health care moving forward. 
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Meeting with Health Minister Sarah Hoffman

Posted on Blog · July 23, 2015 8:30 AM

On Monday, July 20, 2015, the Board members and the staff of Friends of Medicare met with Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. The meeting was productive and insightful, with mutual respect and shared values characterizing the exchanges. 

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Future of health care at stake

Posted on Blog · June 02, 2014 12:00 PM
By Paul Cowley - Red Deer Advocate
 
Published: June 01, 2014
 
In a B.C. courtroom this fall, nothing less than the future of Canada’s health-care system will be at stake, says the B.C. Health Coalition.
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Funding formula will make health-care crisis worse: group

Posted on Blog · January 31, 2013 12:00 PM

Friends of Medicare members Sam Denhaan, Sandra Azocar, and Brenda Corney visited Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge on Wednesday to show their support for striking AUPE staff.
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By Susan Zielinski - Red Deer Advocate
Published: January 31, 2013 8:35 AM

Friends of Medicare says the crisis in seniors care happening at Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge is only the beginning.

Nearly 130 licensed practical nurses, health-care aides and other staff walked off the job on Monday after contract talks failed at the seniors care facility located at 3100 22nd St. in Red Deer.

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Defenders of Medicare

Posted on Blog · January 02, 2013 12:00 PM

By Susan Zielinski - Red Deer Advocate
Published: January 02, 2013 7:41 AM

 

Brenda Corney definitely wasn’t a typical 12-year-old in 1961.

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