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Article: Media Advisory: Better Care for Our Seniors-Theme of Sydney Forum.
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- Marketwire Canada
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- November 6, 2009
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SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA, Nov 6, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is spearheading a national campaign to raise awareness about the state of residential long-term care across Canada, with stops across the country.
As part of the campaign, CUPE is hosting a public event in Sydney on Tuesday, November 10th.
Guest speaker Toby Edelman is a senior policy attorney with the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. in the United States. Edelman will explain how poor staffing and privatization in residential long-term care facilities have dramatically reduced quality care - and why Canada must avoid going down the same road.
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