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Since the mid-1990s, seniors' care in Alberta has been on a downward spiral. In May 2006, PIA launched the Alberta Seniors Deserve Better campaign. It proposed five steps to address the crisis.
This new study by the Parkland Institute challenges government claims that healthcare costs for our aging population are spiralling out of control, and convincingly shows that quality public healthcare for seniors is affordable.
PIA is assembling teams of committed Albertans in every riding in the province to speak to their MLAs about seniors' issues. Volunteers will receive support and information to present to their MLAs, and will become part of our provincial network.
The Province has struck a Demographic Planning Commission to develop a policy framework to meet the needs of Alberta's aging population. Unfortunately, the provincial Commission is conducting most of its consultations behind closed doors.
Public Interest Alberta's Seniors Task Force has developed a set of principles that we will advocate to be included in any new provincial policy framework.
PIA Seniors Task Force Chair Noel Somerville published this Editorial in the Edmonton Journal in September 2008 to call the Stelmach government to account for its inadequate response to the crisis in seniors' care.
This article by Noel Somerville was published in the Alberta Retired Teachers' Association News and Views in August 2008, and provides a strong argument for immediate action to address problems in continuing care.
