The Lloydminster Concerned Citizens for Seniors Care Society is taking the need for long-term care (LTC) spaces in the region to the election trail in
Saskatchewan.
Graham Brown, the group’s president, wants all candidates in the Lloydminster constituency to advocate for the replacement of the Jubilee Home. Voters go to the polls on Oct. 28.
“We need a new building as fast as possible. We are short beds. We need additional beds and we need a new facility fast,” said Brown at the seniors’ meeting on Oct. 8.
The record shows Saskatchewan has not added any LTC spaces in Lloydminster since Jubilee in 1958 while Alberta has provided 214 LTC and designated supportive living spaces on its side of the city.
Both provinces have acknowledged there will be a projected shortfall of 148 LTC spaces by 2035 within an 87-kilometre radius of the city.
There’s a current waiting list of about 30 people for LTC spaces in the area.
The Seniors’ Care Society previously sent copies of its full Jubilee replacement proposal to all levels of the Ministry of Health and to MLAs from the two provinces.
“We have also undertaken to condense our proposal to a one-sheet marketing brochure that will help us with communicating our message to the community and the government,” said Brown.
“That will go again to everywhere the full proposal has gone. We’ll make sure if anybody wants the full proposal, they can get it.”
Brown tipped his hat to Red Bicycle Communications for creating the artwork and copy for the quick read proposal at no cost.
In the meantime, the Seniors Care Society will publish the second of three weekly letters to the editor in the Oct. 17 Meridian Source on LTC spaces in the region.
Brown says hopefully the publicity campaign will discover where candidates stand on the issue.
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