One of the best columns I have read this year Tania! It is encouraging to read of the positives for your father after suffering a life altering injury as opposed to the daily disappointment of the medical system in Canada. Thank you for having the courage to use the word “private”. While we live in northwestern Alberta, it might as well be northeastern BC. Same conditions exist here with ER closures accepted as normal. Same lack of follow-up with stroke patients unless there is a medical professional in your family that can negotiate the nightmare we call the healthcare system.
I look forward to Alberta’s Premier Smith’s proposal to blend some private options while maintaining public healthcare. Predictably she has already been accused of bringing in “American style healthcare”.
There is no chance of improving healthcare if we keep doing the same things over and over.
Thanks Glenn! My brother lives in Australia so the medical care is the same as NZ - but we were both very surprised by how easy it was to find a home for Dad, and a nice new one too. We knew that there’s a lot of seniors in Chch so we expected it to be much harder than it was.
In FSJ, when Peace Villa opened it was full right away and there was a waitlist still. They’re adding a new house, but I guarantee the same thing will happen again. It’s almost like a token effort, rather than a concerted one to improve care for seniors.
One of the best columns I have read this year Tania! It is encouraging to read of the positives for your father after suffering a life altering injury as opposed to the daily disappointment of the medical system in Canada. Thank you for having the courage to use the word “private”. While we live in northwestern Alberta, it might as well be northeastern BC. Same conditions exist here with ER closures accepted as normal. Same lack of follow-up with stroke patients unless there is a medical professional in your family that can negotiate the nightmare we call the healthcare system.
I look forward to Alberta’s Premier Smith’s proposal to blend some private options while maintaining public healthcare. Predictably she has already been accused of bringing in “American style healthcare”.
There is no chance of improving healthcare if we keep doing the same things over and over.
Thanks Glenn! My brother lives in Australia so the medical care is the same as NZ - but we were both very surprised by how easy it was to find a home for Dad, and a nice new one too. We knew that there’s a lot of seniors in Chch so we expected it to be much harder than it was.
In FSJ, when Peace Villa opened it was full right away and there was a waitlist still. They’re adding a new house, but I guarantee the same thing will happen again. It’s almost like a token effort, rather than a concerted one to improve care for seniors.