Election top of mind for seniors

The Alberta general election is throwing a wrench into the agenda of the Lloydminster Concerned Citizens for Seniors Care Society.

A planned meeting of the Long Term Spaces in Lloydminster Working Group has been put off until September at the advice of Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) due to the election on May 29.

“Hopefully (by then) they will have their changes made and people in place and we will be able to get going on discussing more spaces in Lloydminster,” said Seniors Care Society president Graham Brown at Tuesday’s meeting.

AHS and SHA have identified the need for 60 long-term care spaces in the area by 2025 and another 126 spaces by 2033.

Brown added the rollout of Connect Care by AHS in our health zone, completed on May 6, is part of the problem in them not having the time to meet with the seniors’ group.

Connect Care supports standardized care across AHS and enables all health records from AHS and its subsidiaries and partners to be accessed through one system.

CONTINUED ON PAGE 25