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Kelowna woman trying to ensure seniors in care are treated better than her mother was
It’s going on two years since Bev Ambler was allowed back into her mother’s assisted…
Seniors’ lives depend on changing COVID lockdowns in B.C. care homes: Seniors advocate
It will take two months before B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie can collect the data…
B.C. long term care homes facing lawsuits for refusing to allow essential family visits
Not all visitors have been banned from long term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Petition calls on federal government to take control of long term care homes
A Nanaimo group fighting for the rights of seniors has started a campaign to have…
Fear of retaliation keeping people from speaking about issues in B.C.’s long-term care homes
“I just hate being this afraid, even after my mother’s gone.” Those are the words…
Seniors advocates are pushing for permission to visit loved ones in long term care homes
More than two months of having long term care residents isolated from their families is…
Past failures may have helped protect long term care homes from COVID-19: lawyer
The fact that COVID-19 hasn’t yet moved into long term care homes outside the Lower…
Why we don’t hear more complaints about seniors care homes
Recent stories about Retirement Concepts not following the rules and being taken over by health…
Expect more troubling reports to come to light at B.C. seniors homes
Retirement Concepts is the largest private long term care company in B.C. and has the…
Dementia villages wave of the future for long-term care in B.C.
KELOWNA – With Canada’s first long term care home dedicated strictly to dementia patients set…
Coroner’s report on Kamloops care home death calls for changes
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Coroners Service has made two recommendations following the death of a…
B.C. seniors’ advocate presents findings and gets third degree in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Seniors will not be content to merely enjoy the sunset phase of their lives and will be very vocal about what they need and deserve if the reaction to a presentation by the B.C. seniors advocate today is any indication. Advocate Isobel Mackenzie hosted a town hall meeting at the Seniors Centre for...
Shuswap woman petitions Province for improved seniors care
VERNON - Judy Galley uses words like horrific, neglectful and nightmarish to describe the state of seniors homes in B.C., and she wants to change that. The Shuswap woman launched a petition calling on the provincial government to improve staff-to-patient ratios at care homes after experiencing the system firsthand. Her parents resided in Kelowna care...