Here is a reblog I wrote last year regarding The Neighbourhood Group and What they Do For The Community
The pandemic taught us many lessons and spotlighted numerous serious flaws in the machine we have labeled, " Society ." With great embarrassment it opened our eyes to the incompetence and neglect our Elders living in many of Canada's " Long Term Care " Residences, are being subjected to. I was appalled by what I learned via the various media outlets and daily newscasts as the pandemic wreaked havoc on the very lives of our beloved Elders. I was ashamed and brokenhearted when we reduced the inhumanity of what was taking place by making it a daily " statistic" on the news. The number of deaths in the residences was becoming a lead story on each and every news outlet and each new report grew more horrific. We should be ashamed of what we allowed to happen in these homes. I am sure many people are. People who do care and genuinely want to change the way we are " warehousing " our Elders. People like the devoted staf...