Alberta orders reviews after non-profit ships stroke patient from hospital to Leduc motel

Alberta’s minister for Seniors, Neighborhood and Social Companies says there must be larger oversight of companies that publicize non-medical helps to weak individuals.

Jason Nixon says the regulatory hole turned obvious after CBC reported {a partially} paralyzed man had been discharged from an Edmonton hospital and brought to a Travelodge south of the town, the place his wheelchair couldn’t match, he was fed quick meals and nobody correctly cared for his hygiene.

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Alberta UCP ‘digging into’ how stroke affected person was taken to motel

Nixon says the non-profit accountable, Contentment Social Companies, has a pile of unpaid payments and the province has not been in a position to get in contact with anybody in cost on the group.

Different households have since come ahead, and Nixon says his authorities has now accounted for 27 individuals who Contentment had put up at one other lodge in Leduc — down from the sooner variety of 39 the federal government offered.

Nixon says his ministry was “actually enjoying detective” over the weekend to determine who was a Contentment shopper and how much assist they wanted.

The minster says there are to be a number of investigations, together with round revenue assist, client safety and elder neglect.

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Non-profit company defends itself after hospital affected person taken to motel