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Perry, Park Manor is often their first choice. “We get
chosen because of our excellent reputation for care,”
she says. Unfortunately, that often means that there is
a waiting list between six months and a year, depend-
ing on the availability of a vacant bed.
That situation makes it particularly stressful for the
Park Manor Care staff because Transcona is a close-
knit, family-oriented community, and many of the staff
members have grown up with, or personally know the
residents they care for, as well as the ones that must
wait to get in. “It’s difficult when we know these people
personally and have to share with them that they could
be waiting six months,” laments Dreger. “It’s hard be-
cause we know that person that we would love to have
here, caring for them, may not live long enough to ac-
tually enjoy the benefits of being here.”
Fortunately, for Park Manor Care - and for Transcona’s
growing senior population - that admitting logjam may
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