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Sunday, October 9, 2011

LOCALWinnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
      Alzheimer's patient in custody          Man who hurt wife last fall questioned for senior's assault By: Carol SandersPosted: 03/26/2011 1:00 AM | 
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Joe McLeod, with his wife Rose, was questioned by police for an assault on a fellow resident of Parkview Place.
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Joe McLeod, with his wife Rose, was questioned by police for an assault on a fellow resident of Parkview Place. (FAMILY HANDOUT / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES)
"If it was me and it was my father assaulted, I'd be mortified," Faye Jashyn, McLeod's daughter, told the Free Press on Friday. "The other family must be horrified that their parent is hurt."City police confirmed officers responded to a report of an assault on an elderly man at Parkview Place at about 10 p.m. Thursday. Another elderly man who lives at the care home at 440 Edmonton St. was in police custody and being questioned Friday evening.
"The major crimes unit is investigating," said police spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen.
No charges had been laid as of Friday and he wouldn't identify the man being questioned.
"Joe has no recollection of this," said Manitoba Liberal party spokesman David Shorr. "He was interviewed by police and he actually thought he worked at the home. His mental state has deteriorated quite a bit."
Last fall, the Liberals said the McLeod case pointed to the need for governments to put more resources into the special needs of seniors with Alzheimer's.
Jashyn said two of her brothers went to the Public Safety Building on Friday afternoon, but by mid-evening they hadn't been allowed to see their father. She waited anxiously for word from them, and for an update on the victim's condition.
"It is very scary," Jashyn said.
McLeod was arrested Sept. 7 and spent a month in the Winnipeg Remand Centre's medical unit after he pushed his wife Rose at their Transcona home. She received a cut that required stitches.
Rose McLeod said at the time she didn't want her husband of 48 years to be charged or to go to jail. Instead, she wanted him placed in a care home. But he couldn't get bail when his family said it was unable to provide him with the 24-hour care he needed, and they didn't have a personal care home lined up for him.
The Manitoba Liberals shone a light on his situation, and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority assessed his condition a few days later. The WRHA found him a temporary bed in Parkview Place downtown, although his family was hoping to have him moved to a home in Transcona once a bed opened up.
He demonstrated aggressive behaviour but there was no way he could've been guarded around the clock at the care home, said Jashyn, noting there is a lack of facilities for some Manitoba seniors who suffer from conditions that can lead to aggression.
"You've got special homes for children. Why can't there be one for adults?" Jashyn said.
As of late Friday night, there was a possibility McLeod would be sent back to the medical unit at the remand centre.
"We are going to do our best," Const. Michalyshen said, adding "... whether we're dealing with an elderly person or anyone, to ensure their placement is the most appropriate with regard to their health and well-being."
The province's persons-in-care watchdog is looking into what happened at Parkview Place. The care home is run by Revera, a North American provider of accommodation, care and services for seniors.
"The Protection for Persons in Care Office has been notified," said WRHA spokeswoman Heidi Graham. The office receives and investigates reports of suspected abuse.
Graham wouldn't confirm the ages or the genders of the people involved in the incident, citing the Personal Health Information Act.
It was tough for McLeod's family to get much information, said Jashyn.
Members of the man's family and the Liberals are holding a news conference today.
carol.sanders@freepress.mb.ca
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 26, 2011 B1

Sunday, June 26, 2011

JUST A... ❤NOTE❤

‎~Keep your mind and heart open to the higher aspects of your being~


Your attitude influences your world and everything you do in it. It defines the energy you send out and, in turn, takes shape and color in your circumstances. If you have a positive attitude, you are more welcoming and people are drawn to you. A positive attitude opens you to the flow of life. If you are depressed, angry, and unhappy, no one wants to be around you. You literally push people and opportunities away.

To attract positive, joyful, and prosperous situations to you, you must be that way yourself. If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened. Therefore, it is important to be aware of your mood. It is created by your thoughts. Every day you have a choice of how you will behave, the mood you will give out to the world, and how you want people to know you.

So if you want something in your life, first you must think of it, put your intention behind it, and keep your focus on it. It is almost like baking a cake. The thought is in the oven and you have to keep it baking with belief. You have to see your thought manifesting and becoming real.

Follow your heart and be true to yourself. Never live the life of another. You have to create your own road. You have a responsibility to be the best you can possibly be, so keep your mind and heart open to the higher aspects of your being. And you will harness the power to have a loving and fulfilling life with attitude.
~James Van Praagh~


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