Sunday, May 19, 2013
Missing Cottonwood Lodge residents
The media appears slightly scattered on these two missing residents. Ronald Hansen, age 61 and Michael Louis Andrews, age 55 both missing from Cottonwood Lodge; why is it that nearly all of the AWOL patients are from Cottonwood Lodge? the two adjoining units, do not have this problem.
From the Tri-City News : Coquitlam cops seek man who went missing from Riverview
And Coquitlam RCMP : Missing Cottonwood Lodge Patient
Coquitlam RCMP list only one missing at this time.
More recent updates: Police search for missing men from Cottonwood Lodge
And one of the resident's has been located: Located Missing Cottonwood Lodge Client
This appears to be Ronald Hansen; still missing is Michael Louis Andrews
"Leave them alone and they will come home, wagging their tails behind them"
From the Tri-City News : Coquitlam cops seek man who went missing from Riverview
And Coquitlam RCMP : Missing Cottonwood Lodge Patient
Coquitlam RCMP list only one missing at this time.
More recent updates: Police search for missing men from Cottonwood Lodge
And one of the resident's has been located: Located Missing Cottonwood Lodge Client
This appears to be Ronald Hansen; still missing is Michael Louis Andrews
"Leave them alone and they will come home, wagging their tails behind them"
Saturday, March 16, 2013
New mental health centre
B.C. to start work on $82M mental health centre in Vancouver this fall
From Coastal Health: Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre moves ahead
BC government announcement: Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre moves ahead
Joe Segal and Rosalie, give 12 million for this cause. A short biography about Joseph Segal
whom has been very philanthropic throughout his life.
New mental health centre $10 million short of its goal, New building at VGH expected to open in 2017
The 64 year old Willow Chest Centre,which is being used for health research purposes at this time, will be demolished to make space for this new building; no mention of where the health researchers are going?
So this is the new model for health care in BC? the government gives 57 Million and expect the 25 Million more that is needed to come from other funders. To be completed in 2017, a long wait, can you say "cost over runs"...No mention of an operating budget, cap in hand on the street maybe? Lottery ? Silly season has started, maybe a shift in funding from ethnic voting, to health care voting block issues?
12th & Cambie: ‘Urgent response centre’ still lost in transition;
About one-third of police calls involve mentally ill
Reply to above article in the Vancouver Courier:
Status quo on mental health unacceptable
Mental health group says Parliament's tough stance on mentally ill offenders won't reduce crime
But it can fill our new prisons !!!!
Cheers
From Coastal Health: Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre moves ahead
BC government announcement: Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre moves ahead
Joe Segal and Rosalie, give 12 million for this cause. A short biography about Joseph Segal
whom has been very philanthropic throughout his life.
New mental health centre $10 million short of its goal, New building at VGH expected to open in 2017
The 64 year old Willow Chest Centre,which is being used for health research purposes at this time, will be demolished to make space for this new building; no mention of where the health researchers are going?
So this is the new model for health care in BC? the government gives 57 Million and expect the 25 Million more that is needed to come from other funders. To be completed in 2017, a long wait, can you say "cost over runs"...No mention of an operating budget, cap in hand on the street maybe? Lottery ? Silly season has started, maybe a shift in funding from ethnic voting, to health care voting block issues?
12th & Cambie: ‘Urgent response centre’ still lost in transition;
About one-third of police calls involve mentally ill
Reply to above article in the Vancouver Courier:
Status quo on mental health unacceptable
Mental health group says Parliament's tough stance on mentally ill offenders won't reduce crime
But it can fill our new prisons !!!!
New Okanagan prison to go north of Oliver,
Project will create up to 500 direct and 500 indirect jobs: province
Project will create up to 500 direct and 500 indirect jobs: province
I wonder if the prisoners are direct or indirect jobs?
Cheers
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Save the Riverview Hospital lands
The Riverview Hospital lands, are under pressure to be developed into market housing. Help to save the lands as a healing sanctuary for the mentally ill of OUR Province.
Please join the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society,( RHCS ) Facebook page. Twitter too!
Please sign the On-line petition or download a Word document petition ,which is a more official type of petition.
Blogs, about the hospital grounds
Mike Farnworth,MLA; Facebook forum " Protect the Riverview Lands"
And another Facebook group: Riverview Preservation Society
this group also has a petition to sign.
Click-able Map of the Riverview site
BISCO -- Brookside-Leeside-Roadside -- Centre Lawn -- Colony FarmCrease Clinic -- East Lawn -- Essondale Hospital
Finnie's Garden -- Henry Esson Young -- Hillside unit
Home for the Aged-Valleyview -- North Lawn
Pennington Hall -- TreeFest -- West Lawn
John Davidson; "Botany John" blog. He was the first Provincial Botanist, who created British Columbia's first Botanical Garden at Riverview.
Other groups involved Riverview Horticultural Centre Society
Who also have a media NEWS Blog
Crawford Kilian's Save Riverview Blog
You can also download a 42 page report titled, For the future of Riverview created by the Riverview Task Force.
Or Burke Mountain Naturalists, report: The Riverview Hospital Site, Respecting its Past,Realizing its Future
Coquitlam has designated the buildings and grounds, as a heritage site. Download the Statement of Significance; SoS report PDF
Save Riverview Hospital Group discussion to join: Send E-Mail
This group will circulate information by E-mail, and the home page will contain down loadable files, mostly concerned with the historical,social history of Riverview.
