“It worries me how many seniors in our community this might be happening to if they don’t have family members to advocate for them,” says Dr. Jennifer Lush
A Saanich family doctor whose terminally ill mom was left lying in bed helpless when a home-support worker didn’t show up says seniors must be better supported to live independently or to die at home with dignity.
“If I hadn’t gone, if my mom didn’t have a daughter who advocates for her and is involved in her care, my mom would have missed all her medication, she would have been left lying in bed with no ability to get up, and she would have been in horrible pain.” “When a senior who has two daughters in the health-care system to advocate for her, and whose visits are listed as ‘critical’ priority, is falling through the cracks, I shudder to think what is happening to the majority of B.C.’s seniors in the community.”On Tuesday, the scheduled worker wasn’t available but the shift was covered and Lush was notified, she said.
Shauna Dorko, owner and CEO of Senior Care Group of companies with more than 100 home support workers through the capital region, including Sidney Senior Care, and the Gulf Islands, said Marianne Lush was left without scheduled home support services on Thursday because of a “communication error with our worker.”
B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie issued a report in 2019 called Home Support… We Can Do Better, she noted home-support services in B.C. are too expensive for most seniors, do not do enough for high-need clients, and are staffed by people who are 75 per cent casual or part-time.
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