Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to have to talk more with the Member as to what role that would be, and the way I'm interpreting it is it would be somebody that we would hire on to travel with people as escorts. But there are many family members that -- and people, residents, that would want their family too. So I guess we would have to review to see if that's what the Member is asking for, but I can commit to having further discussions to understand what that would mean. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yes, thank you. At this time, you know, the plan is is to take the money from there where it currently is, which is the operations budget, in the operations budget and then we can move that to the new. But I can commit to making sure we have the numbers as best as we can to the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member. I just recently had an update that there is some work around that's going on with the phone system. As I mentioned in this House many times, is the phone system that's in Stanton doesn't allow for what people would normally get to call and be put in queue for the next, it rings, and then you have to wait for someone to answer and then leave a message if it's -- someone's on the phone. There is no other option. So what they're working on right now is a workaround and as soon as I have more details, that workaround is going to work in our...

Give that to the ADM. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as part of this, the whole review of the EMR and accessing services and being able to book appointments, I think all of those are -- we're trying to tie those in all together through this review. And I understand that there might be pieces that we will be able to do sooner than later. You know, the patient portals that people have requested, you know, that's something that we want to be able to use and, you know, so I think that's one of the biggest parts of our whole system, is that it's very piecemealed together, and I acknowledge that, and that's the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I just -- you know, I want to thank the Member for raising that. And what I wanted to highlight is that the 2015 report did not really -- you know, and I think this is the work that has changed is that the focus has changed into providing preventative care to seniors, so more home support work, more home care, you know, and providing that after-hour care. And for the care that happens outside of the clinic hours, that it's not just Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5, and that's based on those projections that were from the 2015, is that we did not have these services outside...

Thank you. At this time, that is not in the budget and in the capital plan. But I think where the project on the wellness and recovery centre, you know, is 100 percent funded and was based -- the proposal to the federal government was based on replacing and providing a fixed home for the services that are going into there. As for the other building, I can turn that over to ADM Mr. Heath if that's okay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can commit to looking into what the process is and why we're using Calgary and not in Edmonton and all our patients are going to Edmonton. Yes, I'll commit to looking into that process. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I hear what the Member is saying but, you know, these are -- these are people's homes, this is their end of life, you know, this is where they're going to rest. We don't want to move them -- we want to keep them as close to home as we possibly can. As part of that plan, you know, when we -- the Member says that there's nobody on the waitlist, we currently have, you know, people and family members that are able to care for members and they may be on the projections because they're heavy -- heavy clients for home care and may require in the upcoming years...

Yes, I believe that there are actually more sleeping spaces in the new facility than we currently have and there is a capacity under, you know -- and I think built into it that can be expanded further. For more detail into that, I can turn it over to Mr. Heath if that's okay with you, Mr. Chair.