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‘It’s inhumane’: Vernon woman with dementia hopeful for medically assisted dying
Every year more people are choosing medical assistance in dying in the Interior Health Authority…
MEMORY CAFES: South Okanagan researchers tackle the isolation impacting those with dementia
Memory cafes have been popping up in rural communities in the South Okanagan this year…
Vernon woman finds new life and love after dementia diagnosis
Christine Aiken tucks into a hot breakfast at a diner in Kamloops chatting cheerfully in…
MAID: Revelstoke woman demands access for dementia patients after dad suffered
A woman in Revelstoke is fighting for her right to medical assistance in dying after…
UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man thought to be in Kelowna located
UPDATE: Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 Kelowna RCMP say a missing 81-year-old Chilliwack man with dementia…
RCMP seek help to find missing elderly Lillooet man
Lillooet RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 75-year-old man who…
Raw and personal: Vernon resident with dementia publishes memoir
At just 55 years old, Christine Thelker was diagnosed with dementia. Doctors told her there…
Diagnosed with dementia at 55: ‘I’m not scared of dying, I’m scared of not being allowed to live’
Christine Thelker sits on the board of directors of an international charity. She spoke in…
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…
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…
Coroners report sheds light on Vernon care home death
VERNON – The B.C. Coroners Service has ruled a high profile care home death three…
Senior’s advocate calls for change after missing Salmon Arm man found dead
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The person in charge of looking out for seniors across the province believes…
Family believes death of missing Salmon Arm senior with dementia was preventable
“THEY TURNED HIM OUT AT 1:30 A.M., THEY GAVE HIM A VOUCHER AND THEY PUT…
B.C. program helps locate family members with dementia
KAMLOOPS – When police find someone with dementia lost in the community, it isn’t always…
UPDATE: Body of Salmon Arm woman found
UPDATE: 9:48 A.M., DEC. 8, 2015 RCMP say the body of Mildred Ekren, 76, has been found. Personal information has been removed from the original post. 12:40 P.M., DEC. 7, 2015 SALMON ARM - Police need the public’s help to find a missing Salmon Arm who has dementia. Mildred Ekren, 76, was last seen Monday,...
Coroner’s findings in death of Enderby senior
ENDERBY - Dementia is considered a contributing factor in the death of an Enderby woman. Barbara Nell Derenowski, 73, was found dead March 4 on a logging road near Douglas Lake after driving many kilometres from her home in Enderby. Her neighbours were shocked and saddened to hear of her passing. According to a coroner’s...
What many dementia patients have in common with the Enderby senior found dead last week
VERNON - More people are living independently with dementia instead of in care homes than you might think, says an Interior Health Authority doctor. That includes people like Barbara Derenowski, 73, who drove off from her Enderby home last week without a valid driver’s licence and was found dead days later on the side of...
Why Enderby’s tragic dementia case won’t be the last
ENDERBY - The neighbours of a friendly Enderby senior are in shock after the 73-year-old went missing and was found dead in a remote fishing area far from home days later. Barbara Nell Derenowski lived alone in a rented unit of a house on Salmon Arm Drive in Enderby. Sometime after 2:30 p.m. Monday, she...
Bastion Place dementia patient died of natural causes
SALMON ARM - A 93-year-old dementia patient who wandered into another resident’s room at a care home in Salmon Arm and died four days later passed of natural causes, according to a coroner’s report. Bastion Place staff saw John Edward Young sleeping in his bed at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 2. Half an hour later, they...
Happy ending to missing dementia patient
KELOWNA — An 81-year-old man who walked away from his home at 1 a.m. today was found four hours later. Kelowna RCMP called in the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team to help find the dementia patient around the Glen Meadow Rd area of Glenmore. They conducted an urban search of the neighbourhoods around his...