KILLAM, Alta. — Two workers at a hospital in east-central Alberta have been charged with assaulting a senior. RCMP say they got a report last week about alleged elder abuse at Killam Hospital, about 170 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. Police allege an 88-year-old female patient was assaulted Aug. 20 while in the long-term care unit of the hospital. Koren Makarowski, who is 39, and from Strome, Alta., and 53-year-old Karen Kueber of Killam, have been charged with assault.

Source: National Post August 31, 2017 19:52 UTC