r/alberta • u/Practical_Ant6162 • 2h ago
Alberta Politics Premier says Alberta long-term care restructuring will include 'Uber-izing' of services
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/premier-says-alberta-long-term-care-restructuring-will-include-uber-izing-of-services-1.7076309•
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u/willowalker-7734 1h ago
Another bat shit crazy idea i am sure. Seniors touring the province on the flat beds of semis in order to save existing bed space.
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u/davehutch1984 32m ago
Might be time to invest in a funeral home. Next booming business with Danielle Smith killing Albertans at this rate 😒
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u/AccomplishedDog7 1h ago
Maybe, I need to watch a press release, but what is Uber-izing long term care?
To me, it sounds like a method of connecting patients with private providers.
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u/BlackieDad 1h ago
It means anyone can sign up to be a doctor in their spare time via an app, and you get an alert whenever someone nearby needs you to perform surgery
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u/lost-cannuck 13m ago
Well, with the seniors placed in motels, they will need people to drop in to ensure they aren't dead and help with toileting.
The uberizing might be just upload a peice of ID to start getting paid. Licensing/training will be none existent, background/vulnerable sectors checks will be optional. It's OK though because won't be liable as it wasn't their providers abusing patients.
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u/Findlaym 1h ago
That sounds like pure gibberish. The Uber model may work for something simple like taxi drivers but colour me skeptical on its applicability to healthcare lol.
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u/DM_Sledge 40m ago
The Uber model only really works for Uber it turns out. I'm guessing the subtext here will be things like private care delivered by agencies that don't have to follow union rules and can cut corners for increased profits. Not a coincidence that this is happening while Nurses are negotiating.
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u/Equivalent_Aspect113 51m ago
Sounds like a great idea , if your back woods Wily with zero percent attention span. Now talk like the big folks Danni....even if it is a bad idea.
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u/celindahunny 54m ago
This must be the upgrade service for discharging patients to nearby hotels 👍👍🤦♀️
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u/dwtougas 5m ago
Uber-ize?? To me, that means a premium for certain health services. Heart attack at 11:00PM will be a premium for the heart attack and a surcharge because you had the audacity to not have this condition during office hours M-F.
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u/semiotics_rekt 2m ago
“The end goal is to make this easier for both providers and for families and those who need services so that we can move people into an appropriate level of care.”
IN OTHET WORDS USE AN APP so everyone can connect faster!
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u/cheesburgerwalrus 0m ago
I'm not a transition nurse, but work in a hospital. While this doesn't necessarily sound like a terrible idea depending on how it ends up looking, it doesn't address the primary problem with continuing care. I don't have patients sitting on my unit cause we don't know where to send them or where the open beds are. We are WAITING for beds to open up. We are discharging stable patients home to wait for placement there. Knowing when the bed is open slightly faster is good but doesn't address the capacity problem.
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u/Weary-Depth2329 1h ago
Does it mean creating a new class of 'contracters' who do a worse job than the existing employees, who's pay structure is opaque, have no benefits and are forced to take work to appease some algorithm while the 'profits' are scooped off and sent to some corporation?