{"id":110386,"date":"2017-08-08T00:28:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110386"},"modified":"2017-08-08T00:28:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T04:28:23","slug":"new-brunswick-seniors-home-limits-toilet-paper-to-two-rolls-per-person-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/08\/new-brunswick-seniors-home-limits-toilet-paper-to-two-rolls-per-person-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick seniors’ home limits toilet paper to two rolls per person a week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Manoir Notre-Dame in Moncton said in a written notice the move is necessary because of an increase in overall costs. (Photo: Manoir Notre-Dame Manor<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MONCTON, N.B.\u2014Residents of a New Brunswick seniors’ home have been informed they will each be limited to two rolls of toilet paper a week.<\/p>\n

The Manoir Notre-Dame in Moncton said in a written notice the move is necessary because of an increase in overall costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will limit the rolls of toilet paper to two per week which will be deposited every Monday in the rooms,\u201d the Aug. 2 notice read.<\/p>\n

But management said if the residents exceed the number distributed, they will be able to obtain additional toilet paper if it’s added to their prescription deliveries.<\/p>\n

Anita LeBlanc, who went public with the notice on social media, said it was a humiliating situation for residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother-in-law called me to ask us to go and buy toilet paper for her,\u201d she told The Canadian Press. \u201cShe asked staff (in the nursing home) and they refused her.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeBlanc added that close relatives of the seniors were not informed of the toilet paper ration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don’t know why,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are many ways to get in touch with us, but they didn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeBlanc noted that her mother-in-law spends $2,500 per month to stay in the residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rarely rant on Facebook and I know I will regret this tomorrow but I am so mad and disgusted that I cannot help myself,\u201d she said on a Facebook posting Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many seniors in that home who do not have family or friends to take care of them. I’m appalled and we will be looking for a new place for her to live.<\/p>\n

\u201cI forgot to add that they have a notice that the nursing home is experiencing a a gastroenteritis. Imagine the humiliation and the suffering. Sitting on a toilet and not having toilet paper….guess they expect them to stay sitting there until Monday!\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials with the Manoir Notre-Dame did not want to be interviewed.<\/p>\n

The note also added that paper tissues will no longer be distributed.<\/p>\n

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