Family struggles to move mother across country to B.C. care home

Kelowna residents Darla Brown and Nikki Drinkwalter fear their mother’s mental health is getting worse by the day.

The 71-year-old, who is blind and partially paralyzed, is on the other side of the country, in Crapaud, P.E.I., where she lives alone in a subsidized care home following the recent death of her husband.

“She’s depressed and she’s lonely,” said Drinkwalter. “A lot of our [phone] conversations are very quiet, she doesn’t have a lot to talk about. She’s depressed, and she doesn’t want to be where she’s at.”

“She hasn’t had visitors,” Brown added. “It’s very unfortunate.”

Brown and Drinkwalter have been trying to move their