Barbara Donaldson has been waiting months, including six spent in a hospital bed, to get into a long-term care home. Article content

But this could just be the start of the 84-year-old Victoria woman’s journey, as the Vancouver Island Health Authority has warned her and her family she could be facing up to two more years on a waiting list.

“I have raised my fist and shouted from the hilltop within the system to try to raise awareness and get something different for my mom, something better for my mom, and it has just been met with roadblocks,” said Laura Kyle, Donaldson’s daughter.

“I know that the government has known about this influx of seniors that was going to start happening in the last couple of years, and now, I mean, we’re on the front lines of it, witnessing it, and going, ‘I

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