Abel Park Emerald As the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) starts removing seniors from their homes, villa residents and employees are sharing their pain and confusion with one another.
2019 saw the SHA team up with private care facilities like Emmanuel Villa due to a lack of long-term bed space and the pressing need to relocate residents from Pioneer Village. In February 2020, the pilot experiment got under way.
The older citizens’ rehoming is being questioned, according to villa personnel, residents, and families.
17 people had already been ejected from the facility as of Tuesday.
Since moving into Emmanuel Villa on January 29, 2021, Elizabeth Barth, 73, says she has come to appreciate the facility and employees.
She has voiced uncertainty about the change. Why, though, when it’s so lovely—what do they intend to do with it? They claimed they might abduct me at any time. Everything is somewhat uncertain.
Barth has been informed that she must relocate by the end of the year and is terrified by the SHA’s unclear plans.
Residents and their families claim that the transfer was not caused by the care given at the facility.
A two-year resident of Emmanuel Villa, Jack Sailor, reports that his mother wants to remain. “We think Emmanuel Villa is a great place for my mother; they take fantastic care of her, and she is content there and appreciates all the staff. We genuinely want to keep her in her current position.
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Sailor reported that since his mother was transferred from her previous residence to the Villa, her health has substantially improved.
“We have not been given a reason for the need for this shift, and despite visiting some of the alternate locations, we are at a lost. Whose interests are being served here is unclear to us.
Sailor claimed that if his mother doesn’t agree to go, they risk receiving harsh punishment.
“If we reject Saskatchewan,
We will be cut off from services and left without a subsidy or support for long-term care if we don’t comply with Health’s terms or accept the placement that they are pressing for.
The little information they have received from the SHA, according to Terry Murphy, whose 94-year-old mother lives at the Villa, “makes no sense.”
“I’m not entirely sure why everything is happening.
They want to shut down the government-funded beds in Emerald Park and transfer everyone to Regina, despite the fact that they claim there is a bed shortage in Regina. Really, that doesn’t make much sense. They say it’s for the convenience of the patients, but it is more convenient for me to have my mother closer to where I live than have her moved to the city.
” A move will require residents to learn new routines and form relationships with new staff members, tasks that can be stressful and tiring for some seniors. The majority of the residents had already been transferred between a number of facilities, making Emmanuel Villa not their first care facility.
One of the senior care assistants at Emmanuel Villa, Yvette Clarke-Hall, claims to speak out for her clients and inspires them to defend their right to long-term care and their residence. She criticises the SHA’s behaviour on behalf of the rest of the workforce.
“Why are they treating us like this? Please, please take into account the individuals who are actually performing this work. We do it because we are passionate about helping people, not because of the money.
Just listen to my voice, please.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said in a statement to Global News that residents and families were informed on September 28 that the LTC pilot at Emmanuel Villa would be coming to an end and that residents would be offered transfer, with transportation costs covered by the SHA to other homes in Regina or their preferred home if space became available.
We are working with the facility, the residents, and any family members or other supporters to provide them with clear, honest information so they may make their own decisions regarding their future care. Each long-term care resident has the option of accepting the placement offer in another facility or choosing to pay the full price to stay in Emmanuel Villa.
Despite the discontent expressed by Villa staff, residents and families, the SHA said they are focused on putting the needs of residents first..
Staff and residents of Emmanuel Villa are upset when their homes are taken away by SHA.
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