Thank you to everyone with us online, in person and speaking here at the Alberta Legislature. As many of you know, I have a mother in a care centre. Staying mobile is a matter of life or death for her. But after months of restrictions, she is stiff, sore and in pain when she walks. For months, her gym at the centre was closed, her physio cut short, limited to her room and then her unit. When the gym did open, her partner wasn’t allowed to join her. She won’t do her physio without him. Before COVID restrictions, a massage therapist also came to the centre weekly to treat her. That too was denied - for over a year. I found out last week - not by a communication from the centre but because I asked - that therapists are now considered essential and allowed on site. I was really excited and sent a text to Mum’s therapist. Even though the centre is now allowing services like this for residents, the therapist refused to come to provide care for my Mum. She cited the third wave, the high-risk environment of the care home, the risk to herself, the risk to her other clients. She told me she will return to see my Mum when things “become normal again”... Transcript available here. https://dksdata.com/covidimages/Lack%20of%20Care%20Homes%20-%20Speech%20at%20the%20Alberta%20Legislature%20-%2022nd%20May%202021.pdf