Care Homes

Elderly man’s family frustrated with Kelowna care home
The wife of a senior in a Kelowna long-term care home who went without heat…

Number of COVID outbreaks in Interior Health care homes grows to 18
There are now 18 care facilities and one hospital in the Interior Health region with…

COVID outbreaks declared at three more Kelowna care homes
Three facilities serving the elderly in the Kelowna have joined two others in the Central…

Chase care home residents being moved out of wildfire alert zone
Care home residents in Chase are being moved to neighbouring communities as the town remains…

COVID-19 claims another life at McKinney Place care home in Oliver
Oliver’s McKinney Place long-term care home recorded another COVID-19 related death today. Interior Health said…

Another death reported at South Okanagan long-term care home
The death toll from a deadly COVID-19 outbreak in a South Okanagan long-term care home…

How one Kamloops care home tried to connect seniors with loved ones
A Kamloops long-term care home went above and beyond to connect their residents with their…

Vernon volunteers take to water to put smiles on senior’s faces
VERNON – Cruising down Okanagan Lake in the comfort of a pontoon boat is a…
After three senior deaths and three years, Interior Health no closer to preventing another, families say
“WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOME FEET HELD TO THE FIRE FOR CHANGE BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING…

Senior’s advocate makes recommendations to curb violence in care homes
OKANAGAN – More than 400 seniors were harmed by fellow patients in care homes last…

Senior under investigation for Kamloops care home attack dies
KAMLOOPS – The 71-year-old man who caused the death of fellow patient Jack Shippobotham has…

Prosecution not in the public’s interest: son of slain senior
VERNON – Families on both sides of a tragic care home assault resulting in the…
Managing risk to patients, nurses in care homes
"THERE WERE CLIENTS WE'D NEVER VISIT ALONE" VERNON – If you think being a bouncer…
Assaults at care facilities not so uncommon
"WE BLAME (IHA) COMPLETELY" VERNON – A Kamloops woman is calling for changes at Interior…