seniors
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Government Must End Underfunding of Home Care in Upcoming Budget
EDMONTON — Ahead of the provincial budget, Friends of Medicare and activists within the disability community are once again calling on the Alberta government to improve and properly fund home care. Without immediate investment, our home care system will continue to fail the 127,000 Albertans who rely upon it.
Written by Alyssa Pretty
February 13, 2025 -
New Logos and Endless Restructuring Won’t Fix Seniors Care
EDMONTON — Today, after considerable delay, the Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services updated Albertans on their plan for continuing care, unveiling a new logo and a new name: Assisted Living Alberta. This announcement continues the government’s chaotic restructuring of health care in Alberta.
Written by Alyssa Pretty
January 30, 2025 -
Premier’s Plan to “Uberize” Continuing Care is a One-Way Trip to Chaos
EDMONTON — Public Interest Alberta and Friends of Medicare are raising the alarm following Premier Smith’s private remarks today at the Alberta Continuing Care Association’s Annual Conference. The Premier championed the explicit privatization and “uberization” of continuing care, signalling further restructuring and for-profit care in the immediate future.
Written by Mitchell Pawluk
October 16, 2024 -
International Day of Older Persons: Alberta Seniors Deserve Better
EDMONTON — Beginning today on the International Day of the Older Persons and continuing all week, Public Interest Alberta and Friends of Medicare are releasing harrowing stories and videos from seniors and Albertans who are experiencing the current crisis in seniors care. They are standing with seniors to send letters to the provincial government calling for minimum staffing hours so that Albertans receive the care they deserve.
Written by Alyssa Pretty
October 01, 2024 -
AB Seniors Deserve Better.
Alberta's Seniors Deserve Better, but you can help! Add your voice to call on the provincial government fix seniors' care and ensure seniors are getting least 4.5 hours of direct and accountable care a day.
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AUPE launches ‘Strike a Change for Alberta Seniors’ letter campaign
Seniors, health care advocacy groups concerned about continuing care changes this fall
EDMONTON – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) Women’s Committee launches an awareness and letter campaign Strike a Change for Alberta Seniors, as Alberta’s Health Minister continues to roll out changes to Continuing Care.
Written by Alyssa Pretty
August 15, 2024 -
Continuing Care: Get the Facts
Get the facts on Alberta's continuing care!
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Celebrate Seniors’ Week by Fixing Seniors’ Care in Alberta
EDMONTON — The first full week of June each year marks Alberta Seniors’ Week. It is a chance for Albertans to show appreciation for Alberta’s seniors and all that they contribute to our province. Friends of Medicare is marking this Seniors’ Week by continuing to call for the return of an independent Seniors’ Advocate, for properly funded home care, for Alberta to get on board with universal Pharmacare, and for the Alberta government to stop their attacks on Continuing Care.
Written by Alyssa Pretty
June 04, 2024 -
Albertans Call on Government to Improve Home Care Services
EDMONTON — Friends of Medicare, and activists within the disability community are at the legislature today to call on the Alberta government to improve the province’s home care system. Our online petition containing more than 33,000 names of individuals who have signed in support of improved home care funding and services in Alberta will be tabled in the legislature after Question Period
Following recommendations in the Facility-Based Continuing Care (FBCC) review, the UCP government has repeatedly made clear their intention to shift the delivery of Alberta’s continuing care services to include a greater proportion of care in-community. But while disabled Albertans, seniors, families and advocates have long called for an expansion to our home care system, we have seen no meaningful investment to support this shift in care delivery.
Written by Alyssa Pretty
March 28, 2024 -
Daniel's Story
Alberta's home care need funding. Read Daniel's Story