COMMENTARY: Rate caps needed on special care, memory care homes
As a researcher on the cost of long-term care in New Brunswick, I have heard many stories of the savage ...
Tag: Joan McFarland
Two more nursing home contracts awarded to Shannex: Is the future of our not-for-profit nursing homes under threat?
On June 18, Bruce Fitch, Minister of Social Development, announced the award of contracts to the for-profit corporation, Shannex RLC ...
The corporatization of funded long-term care in New Brunswick
Out-of-province corporations are investing in funded long-term care in New Brunswick. In particular, two corporations, Shannex RLC of Nova Scotia ...
New Brunswick Nurses Union calls for an end to nursing home privatization
The New Brunswick Nurses Union (NBNU) published a potentially game-changing report today calling for the immediate halt to further privatization ...
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Care in the time of corona: the neoliberal care home [video]
The panel, "Care in the time of corona: the neoliberal care home," that occurred on April 22 is part of ...
Aging population as an excuse for a neoliberal agenda
Economists do not always agree on things, and over the course of my 48 years of teaching economics at St. ...
“Poor and can’t pay anymore:” St. Thomas students strike back against tuition hike
Fredericton - St. Thomas University students plan to defend education as a right in light of the university’s decision to ...
More job creation potential in clean energy than in oil and gas
Government leaders and a number of other pundits are telling us that New Brunswick needs the shale gas industry and ...
The Raging Grannies: taking a stand
Sung to the tune of John Brown’s Body When clear cuts shape our forests And plantations are the rule And ...
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