Saturday 24 October 2015

#LandonWebb is MISSING

Oct 30, 2015 Response from Tim Houston Progressive Conservative MLA for Pictou East



Houston to Bernard: Reviews can wait,  focus on finding Landon Webb now
 
October 30, 2015
For immediate release
 
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA for Pictou East, Tim Houston is calling on Community Service Minister Joanne Bernard to trigger whatever resources possible to find Landon Webb.
 
Minister Bernard said yesterday that she’s reviewed the case and found nothing wrong.
 
Houston says Bernard’s comments are cold comfort to a family whose son is still missing.
 
“The Webb family is desperately trying to find their son. The Minister’s efforts should be focussed on finding Landon, rather than protecting her department,” said Houston. “There will be lots of time after he’s found to look at what went wrong and how the system failed the Webbs. Right now, we need everyone’s help locating Landon.”
 
Webb has been missing since Oct. 15. He has several medical conditions, some which require medication. The longer he is away from his medication, the more concerning the situation becomes.
 
Houston says the Minister is in a position of authority. She should be focussed on doing whatever she can to raise awareness about Landon and get the public engaged in locating him.
 
“We must put ourselves in the shoes of the Webb family. It’s  completely heart-wrenching,” said Houston. “This situation requires immediate attention and compassion. The Minister must take this more seriously and take action.”



MISSING 
DAY 15 - Urgent!
October 30, 2015


The update for Landon Webb is that his family still has not heard from him.  They are very worried and concerned as one would expect.  Joanne Bernard is more concerned with how her department looks (see link below) than the fact that someone she is responsible for is missing.  If you have any information about Landon, not matter how small, please contact the RCMP.


Joanne Bernard Minister of Community Services via CTV News

*** UPDATE ***


PRESS RELEASE

Landon Webb has been missing for 13 days with no leads.

Darrell and Brenda Webb are not sure if their son is still alive and are making a plea to the public. 
Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia is holding a press conference with Darrell and Brenda Webb
DATE:  Wednesday October 28, 2015
TIME:   1:30pm
LOCATION:     

SCRI Society The Club,   
St. James Anglican Church
2668 Joseph Howe Drive,
Halifax, Armdale Roundabout, Between Joseph Howe Drive and
St Margaret’s Bay Road.  The Club can be seen from the roundabout. Go to the white doorway next to the painted power box.


For further information please contact:
Brenda Hardiman
902-324-4215





Landon Webb lives in the care of the Department of Community Services and has gone missing.  He may not want to be found but Landon has serious health problems which require medications. Landon also deals with intellectual deficits that limits the insight he has to his own needs. If you have any information, please contact the RCMP


 Twenty-five-year-old Landon Webb was last seen on October 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the area of County Home Rd., Waterville, Nova Scotia. Landon is white, 5'7" and weights approximately 145lbs. Landon has brown hair and hazel eyes.


Friday 9 October 2015

Press Release


Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia
advocatingparents @gmail.com 
902-324-4215


UPDATE: 9 October 2015
Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre provided one week’s notice to the family of Landon Webb of their intent to discharge him from their facility. They were notified via telephone on Wednesday, 07 October 2015 at 9am. Landon’s discharge date is Wednesday, 14 October 2015. The Department of Community Services and Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre think it’s okay to release Landon Webb into the streets....without a plan and with one week’s notice.
For further information, please contact:
Brenda Brenda Buckler Hardiman
Chair, Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia
advocatingparents @gmail.com 902-324-4215
Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia (APNS) 902-3244215 

Too Much To Ask?

What is going on?

Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia
902-324-4215



UPDATE: 9 October 2015
Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre provided one week’s notice to the family of Landon Webb of their intent to discharge him from their facility. They were notified via telephone on Wednesday, 07 October 2015 at 9am. Landon’s discharge date is Wednesday, 14 October 2015. The Department of Community Services and Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre think it’s okay to release Landon Webb into the streets....without a plan and with one week’s notice.

This is a letter that Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia sent to the government of Nova Scotia, specifically to Joanne Bernard the minister of Community Services, asking that DCS follow the promises of care that they have made.  DCS has not supported Landon Webb in the ways that he needs for a successful life.  As a result, his issues have expanded in a negative way, leading to his eviction without support from Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre.  You can support this family towards a positive resolution with DCS by contacting the Hon. Joanne Bernard,  retweeting @APofNS or showing support on Facebook.




01 December 2014
Honourable Joanne Bernard Minister 
Nova Scotia Department of Community Services 
8th Floor, Nelson Place 5675 Spring Garden Road 
P.O. Box 696 
Halifax, Nova Scotia 
B3J 2T7


Dear Minister Bernard:

Advocating Parents of Nova Scotia is writing you on behalf of Landon Webb and his parents Darrell and Brenda Webb. Landon is 24 years old and has been living at Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre in Waterville, Nova Scotia since November 2013. His parents live in Piedmont. Nova Scotia, just outside of New Glasgow. The Webb family had been on a wait list for approximately four years for a bed at Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre.

Landon has an intellectual disability (functioning at a 10-12 year old level), epilepsy, language and anxiety disorders, heart disease, and asthma. Darrell and Brenda Webb have legal guardianship of their son Landon Webb since he was declared incompetent on 10 November 2010. The guardianship orders are repeatedly ignored by The Department of Community Services and the staff at Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre. This has repeatedly resulted in physical and mental harm to Landon. He is continually permitted to go into the community at will, unsupervised, resulting in Landon being involved with illegal drugs and other activities. He leaves the facility for extended periods of time, for as long as nine days. Staff don’t know where he is during these periods.

The family has met on multiple occasions with the Department of Community Services and staff at Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre, expressing strong concerns and seeking resolutions to the above-mentioned care deficiencies and neglect. There has been no resolution to any of these problems to date and Landon continues to be at risk while under the care of the Department of Community Services.
The last meeting held on 17 November 2014, Community Services advised the family that Landon will be released from Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre and returned home to his family and that the Department’s only obligation would be to provide social assistance to Landon. The Department of Community Services is well aware that Landon’s extensive needs cannot be met in a home environment, as he was assessed as level 5 care. The meeting concluded that the family want him placed in a home of his own with 24 hour staffing and supervision to ensure his safety, as well as providing appropriate programing to meet his needs. He will require drug rehabilitation. The participants at the meeting held on 17 November 2014 were: Daphne Carroll, Case Work Supervisor, DCS; Christine Pinch, SPD Social Worker, DCS; Donna McNeil, SPD Special Western Region, DCS; Phil Warren, Regional Administrator, Western Region, DCS’ Mike Margeson. Social Worker, Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre; Joe Haverstock, CEO, Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre; Department of Justice Lawyer (Representing Community Services); Michelle Morgan-Code, Family Advocate; Brenda & Darrell Webb, Parents
We understand you cannot discuss the specifics of this case with us, but implore you to personally make contact with the Webbs to help make life livable for Landon Webb.

Sincerely,
Brenda Hardiman Chair
c: Premier Stephen McNeil Darrell and Brenda Webb


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