Families left in the lurch as Merritt seniors home gives up 20 long-term care beds

The Florentine seniors home in Merritt is relinquishing its licence to provide complex care to 20 long-term residents who will have to find a new place to live.

The families of residents, like Sandra Pearsons’ 98-year-old mother Erma Lines, say the closure has left them with few alternatives for the level of care these seniors need.

“It feels inhumane to have these people at that age and in their different states of health and mental health to have to relocate. It’s pretty devastating,”