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Originally Posted by Canadianman
I don't either, and I have worked on AHS continuing care agreements with service providers. Those agreements have very strong audit/review language in them to ensure that facilities are meeting the standards set out by AHS. I have no visibility of these issues anymore (moved over to different area), but my suspicion is that the government might have put its finger on the scale to ensure the outcome that it needs.
This is a failing that occurs when the health care authority is not actually arm's length from the government. It will get MUCH worse when AHS is rolled up into the government.
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It's just another example of Danielle Smith doing what she told us she was going to do...before the election.
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Smith said the province needs to figure out how to free up acute care beds that are occupied by seniors destined for long-term care.
"It's something like 60 per cent of the beds are filled with people who are awaiting long term placement," Smith stated.
"And I have to figure that there's got to be a more comfortable place for them to go. I was thinking maybe a hotel may be a better environment."
Smith continued her answer by stating that there is excess capacity in some continuing-care facilities which could also be used by seniors in hospital beds.
NDP Health Critic David Shepherd focused his criticism of Smith on her hotel suggestion during an afternoon media conference outside of a west Edmonton hotel.
"Long-term care beds require a registered nurse to be on hand 24 hours a day with all of the equipment and supplies that might be needed to assist someone with significant medical challenges," Shepherd said.
"The idea that a purpose built medical care facility is interchangeable with a hotel is absurd. It's not a solution…Hotel and motel staff are not health-care workers."
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https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/deeply-i...tels-1.6047520
Sorry folks, but this is what happens when you put an absolute moron in charge. You get them doing moronic things.