Study finds for-profit seniors’ care deficient
Serious concerns about the state of elder care in Alberta have been raised in a report from the Parkland Institute in Edmonton. It found a significant gap in staffing levels between facilities, a situation that is “far more dire in for-profit facilities.” The report said that based on available evidence both within and outside the province, “for-profit elder care is inferior to care provided publicly or by a not-for-profit agency.” It said for-profit long-term care facilities, especially private assisted-living homes, are earning a high rate of return on their investments, and it urged the government to not only suspend subsidies and programs that benefit the for-profit sector, but phase out for-profit elder care altogether. The report, From Bad to Worse: Residential Elder Care in Alberta, can be found at http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/parkland-research-pdfs/ELDER_CARE_NOV_5_web.pdf.
