Hellp Diane == It seems many stories are emerging -- some who did not fill out the census forms are now being visited. I hope this is not happening in all nursing homes , e.g. Sunnybrook Veteran's Wing -- voting and census forms are generally handled by the primary nurse and in my case, my husband's caregiver Please --will every Canadian subscriber to this list check with the nursing homes and especially hospitals where there are pallative care units. All have the "right" to express his/her opinion. Muriel M. Davidson Brampton, ON ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Burnett" <diane1@nrtco.net> To: <CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: [C-O-S] 2006 Census > I thought I would pass on my experience with the "Informed Consent" question. My mother lives in a Home for the Aged. Their census was done at the administration level and no resident was approached and asked any questions. The administration knew I was concerned about the Informed Consent question and questioned the enumerator when she picked up their data. She stated she did not have the right forms for that and left and never returned. The administration also wanted to know if those with Power of Attorney could answer the question for those residents no longer able to give consent. > I spent many a frustrating day trying to contact local enumeration officials, to no avail. I finally phoned the "Census of Canada" at 1-877-594-2006. The person I spoke to seemed sympathetic and took the name of the institution and said she make an "action card" re the problem. So we will see!! > If this is happening across Canada at all the institutions, there will be thousands and thousands not even asked the question. Senator Milne at the OGS banquet Saturday mentioned that after 2 censuses the whole process will be reviewed and if there are many blanks or no's we may again lose the right to say yes. Well if Stats Canada is not even asking thousands of people, the statistics will be skewed their way. > Please check with institutions in your area. This problem must be fixed now!! > > Diane Burnett