Island Health says that Eileen’s condition has worsened significantly during her detention in Nanaimo Hospital to the point, they claim, that she must now be institutionalized for the rest of her life. Trevor Wicks disputes this claim, and has now engaged a lawyer to help free Eileen.

Eileen & Trevor Wicks’ case is not the first time that Vancouver Island seniors have been apprehended from their homes by a squad of police officers and Island Health employees to subsequently be detained — unnecessarily — in hospitals and long-term care facilities for weeks or months and, in some cases, for years.

A 92-year-old woman living with her daughter in Victoria, BC was unlawfully apprehended under false pretenses by a squad of police officers and social workers who entered her home without warning in October 2017. Patrizia Abel was subsequently detained by Royal Jubilee Hospital for over a month without legal authority, despite the objections of her daughter and caregiver, Janet Drew, who is also her mother’s legal Representative. Ms. Drew's lawyer freed Mrs. Abel after the family's lawyer determined that Island Health’s records “are rife with inaccuracies and untruths.” ... 

Meanwhile, Eileen and Trevor are being harassed by hospital staff who... READ MORE HERE