Independent Seniors Advocate

Alberta’s seniors care system involves up to 19 government departments, numerous voluntary organizations and innumerable NGOs. It is an amorphous collection of public, volunteer and private agencies that lacks coordination and focus.

We advocate that an Independent Seniors Advocate (ISA) be appointed as an officer of the Legislature to catalogue, oversee and recommend annually to the legislature on the status of Alberta’s seniors care system identifying areas of duplication, gaps and needs for improvement of that system.

PIA's Seniors Task Force has identified five steps that would significantly improve conditions for Alberta seniors:

1. Provide quality public home care
2. Ensure quality, affordable long-term care (LTC) facilities
3. A moratorium on converting LTC facilities to assisted living
4. Create advisory councils in all seniors care facilities
5. Appoint an Independent Seniors Advocate