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    Petition to emoji users

    Change the Cigarette Emoji to a Joint

    …, aren’t responsible for the annual death count of 480,000.  A joint can help put a PTSD-diagnosed …, disabled vet to sleep on a sleepless night. A joint can help with epilepsy A joint can help with seizures, Tourette’s, anorexia.…

    Shane Merchant
    Cannabis, NH, United States
    11,751
    Supporters
    • Shane Merchant Cannabis, NH, United States
    • 11,751 supporters
    • Created Jul 8, 2019
    Petition to Bill Shorten, Scott Morrison, Sussan Ley

    Ban the Ivory Trade in Australia

    … ban on domestic markets urgently, as per the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee…

    Bee Elle
    Melbourne, Australia
    271,221
    Supporters
    • Bee Elle Melbourne, Australia
    • 271,221 supporters
    • Created Sep 21, 2018
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    Petition to The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, The Honourable Adrian Dix, Janet Silver

    The dignity every mother deserves: Proper care for dementia patients.

    I am petitioning the Canadian Minister of Health, The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, to ensure our health system is equipped to deal adequately and humanely with the 400,000 seniors living with dementia in our country. On June 5th of 2017, I brought my 78 year old mother Patricia Craven to St.Paul’s hospital in Vancouver with the assistance of paramedics. She suffers from Alzheimer’s and home caregivers had been having trouble assisting her as her condition had worsened. After calling 811, the non emergency health line, it was suggested I admit her to hospital to have her medication altered, which I did. A horrific incident followed. My mother, an elderly Alzheimer's patient, was kept in the emergency ward, surrounded by bright lights and the screams of distressed people for over 10 hours. She finally became agitated and attempted to leave. Hospital staff quickly called security, asked me to leave the area, and despite her begging them not to, held her down, disrobed her and put her in a four point restraint while a nurse injected her with sedative. I was left to listen to the sounds of my mother screaming and sobbing. Afterward, she was left shaking and confused, with heavy bruising, and no immediate counseling. Only I was by her side to comfort her. It was a brutal, traumatizing event which, I never could have predicted at the day's beginning. This unfortunate and needless chain of events happened here in Canada, in the very institution where we are directed to go during our most perilous times. After I went to the press and an article in the local newspaper ran, countless families contacted me with similar stories of their own. Two internal reviews of the incident have justified all of the actions that were taken by hospital staff. Security footage of the incident was "taped over" despite reviews underway. Several misrepresentations and mistruths were scattered throughout both reports. Sadly, I was not surprised by the incident being reviewed and assessed with a protective bureaucratic response. I hope action can be taken to protect dementia patients in the future. I understand the stresses that hospitals are under - the cruel irony of this incident is that my mother is a retired emergency nurse herself who often commented on the challenges she faced on the front lines of Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. Proper training to deal with dementia patients is incredibly scant for most hospital staff. But incidents like these can be used to create a movement to promote change. Systems, however flawed, can change under crisis or pressure. I ask the Canadian Minister of Health -- as well as the BC Minister of Health -- to consult myself and dementia experts, to design and implement an action plan to better equip health care professionals and hospitals to deal with dementia patients. I want to be a partner in change, not a justice seeker. Family members of dementia patients are often sources of very specific knowledge and should be used as liaisons during transitional times for the patient. During my mother's incident, I was completely under utilized and ignored, which allowed the situation to escalate needlessly. Seniors suffering dementia often revert to a childlike state, leading with their emotions while being cognitively limited. Would we ever tolerate a child being treated the way my mother was? Please sign this petition to affect change for those who will experience the journey of dementia. Canada can once again be a world leader in a vital cause. We must be a voice for those who have lost theirs. You can contact the Canadian Minister of Health directly as well - The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor - Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.gc.ca . You can copy and paste this into your email to keep it simple - "84,000 citizens are asking you to please consult dementia experts, to design and implement an action plan to better equip health care professionals and hospitals to deal with dementia patients: https://bit.ly/2JtKgQq Thank you!" Sincerely,Aaron Craven Broader details on my mother’s experience can be found in the following article that ran in the Vancouver Sun, after I had contacted the press following the ordeal. Read the article here . 

    Aaron Craven
    Vancouver, Canada
    145,400
    Supporters
    • Aaron Craven Vancouver, Canada
    • 145,400 supporters
    • Created Jun 27, 2018
    Petition to Bobcat Season Proposal, Executive Director's Office, Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, Cheryl Walsh

    Don't hunt the Bobcat in NH

    … their natural habitat.  The decision to hunt bobcat must be overturned. The Joint Legislative … comments to the committee by emailing Cheryl Walsh, administrative assistant for the Joint Legislative…

    Seth Dewey
    Nashua, NH, United States
    74,859
    Supporters
    • Seth Dewey Nashua, NH, United States
    • 74,859 supporters
    • Created Jan 8, 2016
    Petition to The Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Citizenship (Ammendment) Bill 2016, New Delhi, Government of Assam

    I oppose Citizenship (Ammendment) Bill 2016

    … Citizenship Act under consideration of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament. Whatever humanitarian…

    Manas Jyoti
    Jorhat, India
    85,140
    Supporters
    • Manas Jyoti Jorhat, India
    • 85,140 supporters
    • Created May 8, 2018
    Petition to Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, White House, U​.​S. Congress

    Inauguration Day 2021: Have an ASL Interpreter Present for Deaf/HoH Viewers

    … White House and Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies provide an ASL Interpreter…

    Soluna Night
    Austin, TX, United States
    94,620
    Supporters
    • Soluna Night Austin, TX, United States
    • 94,620 supporters
    • Created Nov 14, 2020
    Petition to International Federation of Equestrian Sports, Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI), DOKR , FN , IOC THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, Bundesinnenministerium Sportförderung, Sport Sponsoring...

    No Rollkur/LDR Wir fordern Sanktionen gegen alle bekannten Rollkur-/ LDR Reiter im Sport!

    … the atlanto-occipital joint (the poll) is given high priority and is typically manipulated via rein …-maintained by the horse either at all or for any length of time. There is substantial evidence that … substantial number of scientific studies on the impact of hyperflexed head and neck postures on horse welfare … craniofacial profile and neck (degree of flexion in the atlanto-occipital joint), i.e. the ‘openness’ of … compressed non-physiologically. The loin area is stressed, as well as the cross-iliac joint. The back can not…

    Birgit Fechner
    Germany
    51,645
    Supporters
    • Birgit Fechner Germany
    • 51,645 supporters
    • Created Nov 12, 2017
    Petition to ICCROM: The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Prope, OWHC: The Organization of World Heritage Cities

    Protect Armenian Cultural & Historical Sites in Artsakh

    …On November 10, Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan have signed a joint statement to end the war in…

    Mariana Papazian
    São Paulo, Brazil
    121,287
    Supporters
    • Mariana Papazian São Paulo, Brazil
    • 121,287 supporters
    • Created Nov 11, 2020
    Petition to ISO

    Change the present "Taiwan, Province of China" to "Taiwan"

    … military conflict. They already have maintained a substantial number of missiles aimed at Taiwan…

    Judy Lin
    United States
    307,345
    Supporters
    • Judy Lin United States
    • 307,345 supporters
    • Created Apr 22, 2012
    Petition to U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives

    U.S. Congress: Rescind the Muslim Ban Immediately #NoMuslimBanEver

    … Washington, D.C. to deliver a joint Change.org petition calling on Congress to halt the ban once and for … all.  Be a part of this vital effort – sign the joint petition from these national organizations today in order to stop Trump's ban!…

    NIAC Action
    60,766
    Supporters
    • NIAC Action
    • 60,766 supporters
    • Created Sep 26, 2017
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