Family raises concerns about Lethbridge assisted living home – Lethbridge [Video]

It’s a shocking video for Susie Koennecke and Lynn Doratty to see their 79-year-old mother repeatedly struck in her room by another resident in Buffalo Grace Manor, a senior assisted living home in Lethbridge, Alta.

Gil Hamel moved into the dementia ward at Buffalo Grace Mannor in January of 2023, and in that span her daughters say they have raised their concerns to management of the facility multiple times.

“This home has neglected our concerns for many months,” said Doratty. “This is why we put a camera in my mom’s room, it was approved by the home.”

Koennecke said, “She wasn’t being toileted, you know they’re not checking at nighttime, she was left dirty for far longer than what she should. My mom has several times not been tucked in at night, laid on top of her blankets and that’s how she stays all night, nobody comes into her room to check on her, cover her up, there’s been …