An Alberta judge is recommending the provincial government set standards for governing residential medical detoxification and addiction treatment programs after she examined the death of a 25-year-old man at a rural recovery centre.Joshua Corbiere, seen here with a family member's dog, died on Aug. 19, 2021 at an addiction treatment centre in east-central Alberta. A judge recently reviewed the circumstances of his death.
Derek Keller, the centre's new CEO, said the organization has learned from what happened and strengthened policies and procedures. Ray Corbiere, who attended the inquiry along with Joshua's mother and reviewed the judge's report, said his son's death turned his life upside down.Joshua had been a rambunctious and loving child. He protected his siblings and loved to camp, fish and play football. But he became involved with people who took him away from those pursuits and by his mid-20s, he could not live on his own and was dependent on others, his father said.
His drug screen was positive for cocaine and tetrahydrocannabinol , the active ingredient in cannabis. The provisional LPN checked on him five times in the early hours of Aug. 19, noting he was lying on the bed and snoring loudly.In Alberta, 2023 was officially the deadliest year from opioid overdoses on record
Substances that appeared to be crushed-up pills and candy were found in his room, and a white powdery substance was found in a nearby bathroom cupboard.The recovery centre's occupational health and safety policy required a root-cause analysis be completed after a client incident. A contracted investigator determined last year that one of the two allegations — staff failing to ensure the safety of a patient newly admitted to the detox unit — was founded, and that the Thorpe Recovery Centre was an unsafe environment for clients.After Joshua Corbiere's death, the recovery centre hired a consultant to review and recommend structural changes to improve the nursing and detox unit. Renovations were made done to improve nurses' sightlines.
The fatality inquiry report said the consultant group took over leading the centre and that it was the only residential treatment centre in the province to be in that position.
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