A personal care home owner in the province is concerned about a government policy that is separating loved ones.
Paul Oram says that seniors living together who now require different levels of care are being placed into separate long-term care homes and sometimes in different communities.
He says people who have lived together for more than 50 years are being split up. Husband and wife are now in different homes.
Before the policy came into place, seniors would receive some funding to help them visit their loved ones. Starting May 1st, he says seniors will not receive financial help to see family.
Oram, says seniors are often in tough financial situations as it is, and now it will be more difficult for them to visit family members.