'They're very isolated': Former minister launches petition urging Nunavut gov't to improve elder care
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A former cabinet minister from Nunavut is calling on MLAs to improve elder care in the territory this election.
Manitok Thompson and some of her friends have started a petition calling on the government of Nunavut to build an elder home in every community and improve existing ones.
They are also asking the government to build skills in each community to meet elders' healthcare needs and introduce care plans to bring every elder home.
Thompson said the lack of elder care and elder homes in Nunavut means a lot of families have to live apart from each other, with many elders being moved to care homes in Ottawa.
"We know that [elders] want to stay with their families and with their communities, but they're being moved from one community to the next," she said.
"They're very isolated, they're lonely, a lot of them don't return."
There's been a growing number of elders sent to residential care facilities in the South, like Embassy West in Ottawa over the years.
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