N.B. seniors’ home rationing toilet paper

MONCTON, N.B.— Residents of a New Brunswick seniors’ home have been informed they will each be limited to two rolls of toilet paper a week. The Manoir Notre-Dame in Moncton said in a written notice the move is necessary because of an increase in overall costs.

“We will limit the rolls of toilet paper to two per week which will be deposited every Monday in the rooms,” the Aug. 2 notice read.

But management said if the residents exceed the number distributed, they will be able to get more toilet paper if it’s added to their prescription deliveries.

Anita LeBlanc, who went public with the notice on social media, said it was a humiliating situation for residents.

“My mother-in-law called me to ask us to go and buy toilet paper for her,” she told The Canadian Press. “She asked staff (in the nursing home) and they refused her.”

LeBlanc added that close relatives of the seniors were not informed of the toilet paper ration.

LeBlanc noted that her mother-inlaw pays $2,500 per month to stay in the residence.

“I rarely rant on Facebook and I know I will regret this tomorrow but I am so mad and disgusted that I cannot help myself,” she said on a Facebook posting Saturday.

“I forgot to add that they have a notice that the nursing home is experiencing a gastroenteritis (outbreak). Imagine the humiliation and the suffering. Sitting on a toilet and not having toilet paper . . . guess they expect them to stay sitting there until Monday!”

The note also added that paper tissues will no longer be distributed.