Here is my Member’s statement. At Estimates Committee, I learned that home care agencies are not requiring increased wages for personal support workers. The Auditor General has warned that we need and additional 5,000 personal care workers in the next 5 years. This is a senior’s issue that absolutely must be address with a sense of urgency it deserves.
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John Chilibeck “We know there’s a big issue with seniors staying in hospital beds when they don’t need to be there,” Coon said during a session of the standing committee on estimates. “It’s an expensive thing for us.” FREDERICTON • Diane Robichaud has been waiting nearly two years for her husband Emile to be placed in a nursing home, and […]
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With a simple tweak to the legislative mandate of the Child and Youth Advocate, the 148,000 seniors in our province now have their own champion, and those responsibilities will include adults in care as well. The Child, Youth and Seniors Advocate is an independent officer of the Legislative Assembly, just like the Auditor General. The position is currently held by […]
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Last week the government tabled its budget. Next week, I will have the chance to ask questions about the details, department by department at the Estimates and Fiscal Policy Committee. However, comparing this budget with last year’s, many of the choices made by the Premier and cabinet are clear. We heard in the budget speech that funding to the Department […]
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