{"id":300892,"date":"2025-11-23T03:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/300892\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T03:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:05:24","slug":"2-calgary-families-raise-concerns-over-treatment-in-care-homes-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/300892\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Calgary families raise concerns over treatment in care homes &#8211; Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Two Calgary-area families are raising concerns regarding the way they say their mothers have been treated at two different care facilities, arguing more needs to be done to hold health-care aides responsible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808739_201_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the case of Edna Davies, her daughters, Barb and Terry Davies, started to notice severe bruising and tears in the skin. They initiated an investigation under the Protection for Persons in Care Act, which revealed that a \u201cFall Risk Assessment was insufficient, inaccurate and conflicted with the care plan\u201d and that \u201cthere was evidence of serious bodily harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The facility, AgeCare McKenzie Towne, did not respond to our multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Calgary family raises concerns after care home investigations finds \u2018evidence of serious bodily harm\u2019'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CARE_HOME_CONCERNS_THUMB.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:59<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalgary family raises concerns after care home investigations finds \u2018evidence of serious bodily harm\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Geransky, the son of Helen Geransky, says his family started to notice drastic changes in his mother\u2019s mood. 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