Thursday, 13 June 2013

Guest blogger Nic Good: Stop cuts. NOW!

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Fred Horne, Minister of Health Government of Alberta Dear Sir: I would first like to commend you on a job well do...
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From guest blogger Brenda Currey Lewis: wheeling backwards

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 Brenda Currey-Lewis: I am outraged at the cutbacks being forcefully changed for the worse, for disabled persons. Just im...

Put the $3.2 million from AHS bonuses back into home care

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We may have found $3.2 million for Alberta Health Services to re-invest into home care. And since AHS is saying they need to cut...
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013

"They're my second family" — health care aide

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Genita Bailey has worked as a personal care aide for Creekside Support Services in the Mill Creek area in Edmonton for the past 12...
Monday, 10 June 2013

Guest blogger Vivian Ross: What will happen to me?

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Vivian Ross: I have ALS and require total physical assistance. These supports enable me to remain in the community as a full pa...

An open letter to the provincial government from Bill Cummings - 3 p.m. - June 10

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Good afternoon; The above named housing co-operatives stand united in opposition to the proposed change in funding and str...

Coffee, Ms. Redford?

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Dear Ms. Redford: Let’s have coffee this week. We have a lot to talk about, you know. People with disabilities have yelled, an...

Home care worker speaks out against cuts - Monday 12 noon

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Kokila Ram: I have worked as a Health Care Aide with Creekside Support Services for the last six years. Providing personal care ...

Clients will be at risk: home care worker

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Carlene Bellerose has every reason to be worried about her job. But that’s the least of her concerns. For the past 12 years she ...
Sunday, 9 June 2013

Guest blogger Cathy Asselin asks what "community" really means

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Friday morning I watched Alberta Human Services manager Dave Hancock take his best shot at doing damage control on Global TV’s M...

Shadows or the horrid past from GUEST BLOGGER Dr. Heidi Janz

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What a Deranged Man with a Knife Didn’t Do, Alison Redford’s Government May Just Accomplish Heidi Janz, PhD Five ye...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

New home care provider to make $12 an hour profit: home care user

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Daniel Lidgett lives in Edmonton and gets home care. Here's his response on looming home care cuts. Why are you making the changes...
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Friday, 7 June 2013

Fifty-three year old woman told nursing home next option

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C Meagan Sykes lives in Edmonton and shares... I live in assistance Co-operative Housing, with 24-hour assisted help in ca...

Cam 'n Eggs - Home care user says no appeal process

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My name is Shawn McCloskey, I'm at Abby Road Housing Co-op and I have a lot of concerns about the proposed changes. For ...
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Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Ms. Redford: should I plan my funeral? — Brenda Moore

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With looming home care cuts. Alberta premier Alison Redford asked users to "trust" the government Tuesday afternoon. Home care us...

A personal letter to Alberta health minister Fred Horne from home care user Cheryl Humphrey

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(Cheryl Humphrey lives in a south side condo and gets home care from Creekside Support Services. The provincial government is not renewing ...

Redford government told home care users not to talk

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Sometimes, you can be so close to a news story you need someone to show you a very important part: something you overlooked. T...
Tuesday, 4 June 2013

A very interesting point of view from Joy Gossel on premier Redford's home care status

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Joy Gossel works as co-ordinator for Creekside Support Services and does not have a disability. These are her thoughts on premier All...