Police investigate assault complaint at seniors' home
Last Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 7:13 PM MT
CBC News
Police searched this seniors' care facility located in this south Edmonton house on Thursday. (Trisha Estabrooks/CBC News)Charges were pending Thursday against a worker in a privately-owned seniors' home in relation to an assault complaint from a former resident.
Police and Alberta Health Services arrived at Open Arms Family Care at 115th Street and 9th Avenue around 10:30 a.m.
A woman believed to be in her 60s was taken away by police. Investigators were also seen coming out of the home carrying boxes of documents, and health officials went into the home holding boxes of comfort diapers.
The privately-owned home is licensed by the provincial government to care for up to 14 adults.
Alberta Health Services has received complaints about the home before.
In 2004, officials investigatd a complaint that the home was overcrowded, didn't give residents enough food and had an insufficient number of trained staff.
Another complaint was filed last February. Government officials won't say what was investigated but said the matter was resolved.
With files from Trisha Estabrooks and Briar StewartShare Tools
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