Sask. long-term care: Family speaks out after witnessing unlivable care home conditions [Video]

A Saskatchewan family’s experience with a public long-term care home is raising the alarm on the “unlivable” conditions faced by some seniors in the province.

Jeff Nachtigall’s 86-year-old father, Helmut, was recently diagnosed with dementia. Nachtigall turned to the public long-term care system for help – with Helmut being placed in Regina’s Pioneer Village earlier in the year.

“We started this journey six months ago, and it’s not hyperbole for me to state that this has been a nightmare,” he told reporters following Question Period Tuesday.

According to Nachtigall, his father’s journey through the medical system was harrowing – beginning in the hospital, to the transitional care unit before being placed in Pioneer Village.

“It’s not exactly a positive environment for an 86-year-old man with dementia,” he said.