My Dad suffered a horrible, agonizing death in the Peter Lougheed last year, he was treated like a number, not a human being of any value, we have opened a case against the hospital with patient services and people are going to answer for their negligence and their lack of knowledge or care for their patients. The health care system in Alberta used to be very good, but is straining under the pressures of over-population, while it is a hard decision to face, there must be less of us overall to make more room for everyone on this planet. While I also saw my Father treated like a waste of time, just someone taking up a bed that someone else could be in so the hospital could make more money, the system is, overall, under tremendous over-population strain. Things must change, we must take a stand.
I'm so sorry this happened to your family! How do you suppose we stop over populated hospitals? I have a 72 yr old mother and I found this article and you by chance , really......I'm looking for ways that I can keep my mother at home for as long as humanly and humanely possible!! Ive been her sole caregiver for over 3 yrs now , it started when she was diagnosed with cancer in both of her lungs , she had 3/4 of her right lung removed and radiation o her left. I nursed her at home myself almost immediately after surgery , and she just spent 17 days in hospital due to a " mini stroke " I give my mother a level of care In a two bedroom apartment that we share. I look after ALL of her needs!! EVERYTHING!!! It terrifies me that one day I too might have to do a long term care option! I won't unless I absolutely, positively cannot do for her , I her home where she is loved , extremely well cared for , needed and also where she is kept engaged with her usual activities and arts and crafts , puzzles yahtzee , whatever it is she wants to do that day is whats on our plan!! But I had to quit my job to do this!! I was actually looking to see if there was some possibility of applying for some sort of funding for people in my situation??? No one wants to feel like they are financially abusing their parent by essentially living off of their income!! And that's unfortunately where I'm at! I know I'm not! Not in the sense that she is going without , so can can have something!! NO!! But I have NO INCOME!! And I feel so bad about it!!! I feel as though I need to be able to put i to the household budget as well!! Do you know how I can do this? I really don't want to have my mom looked after by someone else!! I feel im her BEST CAREGIVER!!! Anr we probably couldn't really afford long term care by the sounds of it anyway!! What a freaking sad , sad world!!! Its so hard to look at my momma , and think that, not so long ago , she was my age !! This Government and this country is NOT FAIR TO OUR BOOMERS AND VETS!!! Canada treats undocumented immigrants better then they treat those who built this beautiful country!! Watching this scares the hell out of me!! Im seriously going to have to have a family meeting about the " WHAT IFS " .......Yes I am more that physically capable of doing what needs to be done for her now!! But I'm 51 , what if????? 😱
@@dorothycampbell5964 Thank you for your kind words, it's a rough road for sure. We still have not completed our case with patient services, it's a long, long haul. Good of you to look after your Mom so well, and you can apply for caregiver income subsidy via Gov Canada website or through your provincial citizen ID portal. Also, if you place your Mom in long term care, the government pension will be adjusted upward to cover your Mom's facility monthly premiums, plus about $300 for remaining monthly expenses. So it is adjusted, you're not expected to pay out of pocket to live in a long-term care facility in Canada, at least not yet. You should do some more research on this subject and speak to your provincial health care transition services as they can give you a lot of info on the process. Also, make sure you have not only your power of attorney but also your guardianship and trustee documents in order before her health deteriorates, or the government will take over as her trustee. This is crucial, look into it immediately.
@@truesnuh4781 , WOW!! Guardianship? Power of attorney? Trustee ?? I HAD NO IDEA!! I don't think my mom even k own about any of this!! I also have 2 older and 1 younger sibling , and I know NOTHING brings out the ugly in people like death and money!! My mom is getting a settlement from the Federal Government for being taken away forcibly from her home and family and made to live o a Roman Catholic Residential School for 1st Nations Children , there is quite a sum of money there , her lawyers said somewhere around 4 - 5 hundred thousand dollars , but mom sat all of us down with her 2 sisters present and basically told my siblings EXACTLY what she wanted ME to do with the money should she transition before she gets it.......Everyone agreed that they would honor her wishes , BUT , You also KNOW how quickly people can and will turn ugly when there is money involved!!!! I never wanted to be put in a position like that!! But , I've heard ( rumour) that I've only been looking after mom to get my hands o her money!! She isn't even gone , or gotten any money and tge ugly is rearing its head!!! I'm going to talk to my momma and aunts about all of this legal stuff today , better to cover all of our bases now !! The money is supposed to be split equally amongst her 8 living great grandchildren with 3 separate, but equal portions put into a separate trust for any other great grandchildren , and if there are no more , its to be heald in trust for her great , great grandchildren. No child is to receive any money until the age of 25 and then only 1/4 of it , another 1/4 at the age of 30 and the bulk of it when they turn 35. UNLESS they are pursuing a postsecondary education which requires more then 4 years such as a PHD. But I have 1 brother who unfortunately is a drug addict and if I don't have these documents, OMG!!!! 😱😱😱 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING TO ME!!!! I thought about it, but didn't want to say anything, for fear of my mother feeling disrespected , but man!!! I tell you , IF we don't do this , she won't be here to feel the disrespect , but this F..ĶER , HE would be the one to try and take the money away from the little ones!! He is also gay , so has no children and feels like us girls conspired against him , because he is gay and has no children!! And worse , I have the most children ,so obviously I have the most grandchildren with , so he also feels like I helped set up this trust , so I could personally gain financially from my grandchildren!!!! 🤣 😂😂😂 I'm sorry , I took up so much of your time!!!! But again , THANK YOU!!!!
@@dorothycampbell5964 from what you described above, there is no way anything mutually beneficial will be achieved without legal enforcement. Aside from that, it is required by law. What the government doesn't tell anyone is that a legal will is not enough to enforce the wishes of the deceased. Once you have decided who will be trustee, power of attorney and guardian(s), then you can enforce the decisions of the will. Almost forgot, you will also need your Mom to complete the paperwork for her personal directive in addition to her will, unless she has already done so. Good luck and take care.
@@truesnuh4781 , Good Morning! Thank you so much for your time and mostly the information! Geeze , this would have cost me tons had I not heard it from you! I've already started working on it with the help of my moms sister and my sisters , I just can't believe that we believed that just a conversation amongst ourselves was going to be enough! 😂 and to think I was so worried about my brother! Its the damned government I really need to worry about!! Again I thank you! Much appreciated , and much respect to you and yours! 💯❤
So sad it has come to this for the seniors of Alberta.
My Dad suffered a horrible, agonizing death in the Peter Lougheed last year, he was treated like a number, not a human being of any value, we have opened a case against the hospital with patient services and people are going to answer for their negligence and their lack of knowledge or care for their patients. The health care system in Alberta used to be very good, but is straining under the pressures of over-population, while it is a hard decision to face, there must be less of us overall to make more room for everyone on this planet. While I also saw my Father treated like a waste of time, just someone taking up a bed that someone else could be in so the hospital could make more money, the system is, overall, under tremendous over-population strain. Things must change, we must take a stand.
I'm so sorry this happened to your family! How do you suppose we stop over populated hospitals? I have a 72 yr old mother and I found this article and you by chance , really......I'm looking for ways that I can keep my mother at home for as long as humanly and humanely possible!! Ive been her sole caregiver for over 3 yrs now , it started when she was diagnosed with cancer in both of her lungs , she had 3/4 of her right lung removed and radiation o her left. I nursed her at home myself almost immediately after surgery , and she just spent 17 days in hospital due to a " mini stroke " I give my mother a level of care In a two bedroom apartment that we share. I look after ALL of her needs!! EVERYTHING!!! It terrifies me that one day I too might have to do a long term care option! I won't unless I absolutely, positively cannot do for her , I her home where she is loved , extremely well cared for , needed and also where she is kept engaged with her usual activities and arts and crafts , puzzles yahtzee , whatever it is she wants to do that day is whats on our plan!! But I had to quit my job to do this!! I was actually looking to see if there was some possibility of applying for some sort of funding for people in my situation??? No one wants to feel like they are financially abusing their parent by essentially living off of their income!! And that's unfortunately where I'm at! I know I'm not! Not in the sense that she is going without , so can can have something!! NO!! But I have NO INCOME!! And I feel so bad about it!!! I feel as though I need to be able to put i to the household budget as well!! Do you know how I can do this? I really don't want to have my mom looked after by someone else!! I feel im her BEST CAREGIVER!!! Anr we probably couldn't really afford long term care by the sounds of it anyway!! What a freaking sad , sad world!!! Its so hard to look at my momma , and think that, not so long ago , she was my age !! This Government and this country is NOT FAIR TO OUR BOOMERS AND VETS!!! Canada treats undocumented immigrants better then they treat those who built this beautiful country!! Watching this scares the hell out of me!! Im seriously going to have to have a family meeting about the " WHAT IFS " .......Yes I am more that physically capable of doing what needs to be done for her now!! But I'm 51 , what if????? 😱
@@dorothycampbell5964 Thank you for your kind words, it's a rough road for sure. We still have not completed our case with patient services, it's a long, long haul. Good of you to look after your Mom so well, and you can apply for caregiver income subsidy via Gov Canada website or through your provincial citizen ID portal. Also, if you place your Mom in long term care, the government pension will be adjusted upward to cover your Mom's facility monthly premiums, plus about $300 for remaining monthly expenses. So it is adjusted, you're not expected to pay out of pocket to live in a long-term care facility in Canada, at least not yet. You should do some more research on this subject and speak to your provincial health care transition services as they can give you a lot of info on the process. Also, make sure you have not only your power of attorney but also your guardianship and trustee documents in order before her health deteriorates, or the government will take over as her trustee. This is crucial, look into it immediately.
@@truesnuh4781 , WOW!! Guardianship? Power of attorney? Trustee ?? I HAD NO IDEA!! I don't think my mom even k own about any of this!! I also have 2 older and 1 younger sibling , and I know NOTHING brings out the ugly in people like death and money!! My mom is getting a settlement from the Federal Government for being taken away forcibly from her home and family and made to live o a Roman Catholic Residential School for 1st Nations Children , there is quite a sum of money there , her lawyers said somewhere around 4 - 5 hundred thousand dollars , but mom sat all of us down with her 2 sisters present and basically told my siblings EXACTLY what she wanted ME to do with the money should she transition before she gets it.......Everyone agreed that they would honor her wishes , BUT , You also KNOW how quickly people can and will turn ugly when there is money involved!!!! I never wanted to be put in a position like that!! But , I've heard ( rumour) that I've only been looking after mom to get my hands o her money!! She isn't even gone , or gotten any money and tge ugly is rearing its head!!! I'm going to talk to my momma and aunts about all of this legal stuff today , better to cover all of our bases now !! The money is supposed to be split equally amongst her 8 living great grandchildren with 3 separate, but equal portions put into a separate trust for any other great grandchildren , and if there are no more , its to be heald in trust for her great , great grandchildren. No child is to receive any money until the age of 25 and then only 1/4 of it , another 1/4 at the age of 30 and the bulk of it when they turn 35. UNLESS they are pursuing a postsecondary education which requires more then 4 years such as a PHD. But I have 1 brother who unfortunately is a drug addict and if I don't have these documents, OMG!!!! 😱😱😱 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING TO ME!!!!
I thought about it, but didn't want to say anything, for fear of my mother feeling disrespected , but man!!! I tell you , IF we don't do this , she won't be here to feel the disrespect , but this F..ĶER , HE would be the one to try and take the money away from the little ones!! He is also gay , so has no children and feels like us girls conspired against him , because he is gay and has no children!! And worse , I have the most children ,so obviously I have the most grandchildren with , so he also feels like I helped set up this trust , so I could personally gain financially from my grandchildren!!!! 🤣 😂😂😂
I'm sorry , I took up so much of your time!!!! But again , THANK YOU!!!!
@@dorothycampbell5964 from what you described above, there is no way anything mutually beneficial will be achieved without legal enforcement. Aside from that, it is required by law. What the government doesn't tell anyone is that a legal will is not enough to enforce the wishes of the deceased. Once you have decided who will be trustee, power of attorney and guardian(s), then you can enforce the decisions of the will. Almost forgot, you will also need your Mom to complete the paperwork for her personal directive in addition to her will, unless she has already done so. Good luck and take care.
@@truesnuh4781 , Good Morning! Thank you so much for your time and mostly the information! Geeze , this would have cost me tons had I not heard it from you! I've already started working on it with the help of my moms sister and my sisters , I just can't believe that we believed that just a conversation amongst ourselves was going to be enough! 😂 and to think I was so worried about my brother! Its the damned government I really need to worry about!! Again I thank you! Much appreciated , and much respect to you and yours! 💯❤