On Thursday, October 20, 2022 Newfoundland and Labrador’s senior’s advocate, Susan Walsh, wrote the Minister of Health and Community Services to request immediate implementation of the 2019 recommendation in the office of the seniors advocate report titled long May your big job draw: setting sail, which states that “a significant review of the province’s personal care homes and long term care home’s be completed.
Issues related to the care of seniors in both of these systems were noted in 2018-19 which resulted in the recommendation for a review of both of these systems.
As the advocate currently conducts engagement sessions in the province issues related to the care of seniors in the personal care home and long term care systems continue to be raised.
Further, similar concerns related to the care and treatment of seniors in the hospital system are also prevalent.
“The details shared by family members of the care and treatment of their loved ones in the health continuum including hospitals, personal care homes and long term care facilities are heart wrenching and fundamentally wrong. We can and must do better.”