Family disappointed with response to wandering senior

The daughter of an Alzheimer's patient in long-term care is disappointed with the response to her concerns being raised in the Legislature.

Millie Leugner spoke out because she was worried that her dad had twice been able to get out of his long-term care home unnoticed.

Her case was raised by the provincial opposition in the Legislature on Monday. Since then, Leugner says the facility in Rosetown has responded by confining her dad to one area of the home. 

Saskatchewan's health minister, Dustin Duncan said, "While it may be, for some of the residents, an inconvenience for a short period of time, ultimately I know the facility and the staff want to ensure that they have some long-lasting solutions."

Once the doors are working properly in the facility, Duncan said the residents will be able to move around as usual.

But Healey's daughter said what is really needed is more staff to look out for the residents.

"What I was expecting was at least, let's all work together and find out how we can get more staff on the floor to watch these people and help these people," she  said.