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12/10/2009
Alberta's NDP says the Stelmach government's own data shows the wait for a long-term care bed has tripled since 2004.
Leader Brian Mason presented the data Thursday and said he requested the information more than two months ago.
Premier Ed Stelmach promised his Conservative government would create 600 new long-term care beds just before the 2008 election. Mason says it's critical that Stelmach keep his promise, since 1,721 elderly people have been medically assessed as requiring long-term care, and 656 were in acute care beds in hospitals.
Bill Moore-Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta, says the province's elderly population is growing and the province has no excuse not to provide medically necessary services for frail elderly.
He says, ``The seniors who are on these waiting lists are victims of an ideologically driven government that is deliberately reducing long-term care beds so seniors and their families are having to pay privately for their medical necessities.'' (CTV Edmonton, The Canadian Press, ccg)
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