Retirement Concepts

• COVID-19: Families worried as AHS terminates contract with Millrise Seniors Village

  Outbreaks of COVID-19 at a southwest Calgary seniors home prompted Alberta Health Services to step in and take over operations. Now, it's handing it back to the owners.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2021
  
• Interior Health keeps control of Summerland seniors home due to concerns over care

  Administrator Vanda Urban was initially appointed to oversee the day-to-day operations of Summerland Seniors Village in February 2020 for a period of at least six months.

  Jan 18, 2021
  
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• ‘Let’s bring in the military’: Calgary son wants soldiers brought in to help mom’s seniors home

  AHS has assigned 20 RNs, a 24/7 onsite manager and other healthcare professionals to work at Calgary's Millrise Seniors Village to ease staffing shortages, but not all family members are satisfied.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2020
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• Proposed class action against Retirement Concepts to include Summerland Seniors Village

  Summerland Seniors Village is the fourth Retirement Concepts facility in B.C. to be placed under government management in the past six months.

  Feb 29, 2020
• Chronic staffing shortage, low wages to blame for Summerland seniors home woes: HEU

  Retirement Concepts is now owned by a Chinese holding company, making accountability more difficult, the HEU said.

  Feb 25, 2020
• Interior Health takes control of seniors home in Summerland due to concerns of inadequate care

  Outside administrators have been appointed to run other Retirement Concepts care homes in Nanaimo, Comox and Victoria.

  Feb 24, 2020
• Island Health takes control of third Retirement Concepts seniors home in months

  The latest property, called Selkirk Seniors Village in Vicotria, is a 217-bed extended care facility, and is now under the management of Island Health.

  Dec 13, 2019
• Ottawa ‘screwed up’ when it greenlit sale of B.C. retirement homes to Chinese company: UBC prof

  "Can we trust that a Chinese company is not state-controlled, if, as we've just seen, that the Chinese government can just step in and take over?"

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2018
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• Interior Health says care improved at Summerland Seniors Village

  As a result of improvements, Interior Health has removed its administrator which has been overseeing the operation 7 days a week since January 25th.

  May 2, 2013