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automaton 3 · 09-17-2008, 09:30 AM

So sorry to hear about your grandma H&L, hopefully she is now getting the care she needs!

As others have mentioned, throwing more money at this is not the solution for Alberta.

IIRC we are getting the WORST "bang for the buck" compared to other Canadian jurisdictions and IIRC Alberta ranks downright terrible in this measure when compared to other western countries.

I don't know what the particular issues are, but there must be some poorly spent money in the current budget which could be put to better use. Just as one example, a friend's wife is an RN...she was telling me that when their current agreement was negotiated, administration insisted on replacing full time permanent postions with 0.6 and 0.8 FTE's, ect. thinking that they could save some $ in the budget. The problem being of course that many of those jobs actually require a full time person, so they end up calling in someone to fill in the gaps, now have to pay them overtime which ends up costing far more in the long run. Short sighted thinking.

As a comparison my grandma in Saskatchewan is getting excellent and timely care. Ditto my grandma in BC.

09-17-2008, 09:30 AM	#67
automaton 3 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lethbridge Exp:	So sorry to hear about your grandma H&L, hopefully she is now getting the care she needs! As others have mentioned, throwing more money at this is not the solution for Alberta. IIRC we are getting the WORST "bang for the buck" compared to other Canadian jurisdictions and IIRC Alberta ranks downright terrible in this measure when compared to other western countries. I don't know what the particular issues are, but there must be some poorly spent money in the current budget which could be put to better use. Just as one example, a friend's wife is an RN...she was telling me that when their current agreement was negotiated, administration insisted on replacing full time permanent postions with 0.6 and 0.8 FTE's, ect. thinking that they could save some $ in the budget. The problem being of course that many of those jobs actually require a full time person, so they end up calling in someone to fill in the gaps, now have to pay them overtime which ends up costing far more in the long run. Short sighted thinking. As a comparison my grandma in Saskatchewan is getting excellent and timely care. Ditto my grandma in BC. Last edited by automaton 3; 09-17-2008 at 09:37 AM.