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Long Term Care
One woman’s battle for long-term care in Interior Health for elderly family members
A Kamloops woman who battled to find long-term care for three aging parents is warning…
Kamloops man fighting to get mom with dementia into long-term care
Kamloops resident Stewart Streifel has the power of attorney for his mother who has dementia.…
Transit drivers unsung heroes during massive West Kelowna wildfire evacuations
During the 2023 wildfires in the Okanagan last summer season multiple transit bus drivers were…
iN VIDEO: ‘UNFATHOMABLE’: Elderly Kamloops woman shuffled aside at care home
Norma Matheson, at 87 and suffering from Alzheimer’s and cancer, is in the twilight years…
Long term care workers promised severance pay from Westbank First Nation by Friday
On the same day former employees of the Pine Acres long term care home protested…
90 new long-term care beds to be available in Vernon next year
Vernon residents will soon have greater access to care closer to home with an expansion…
Summerland woman helping empower families of seniors in care
It’s been more than a decade since B.C.’s ombudsperson recommended family councils be strengthened in…
Participants needed for TRU study on impact of COVID restrictions in care homes
A research team at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops has been busy collecting data as…
COVID outbreaks declared in three more care homes in Interior Health
COVID outbreaks have been declared at three more long-term care facilities in the Interior Health…
Massive months-long COVID outbreak in Kelowna care home now under control
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Cottonwoods Care Home in Kelowna is in its fourth month…
Westbank First Nation long-term care home closing, victim of vaccine mandate
The requirement for all workers in B.C. long-term care homes to be fully vaccinated has…
More nurses, paid sick leave keys to reducing COVID deaths in B.C. care homes: seniors advocate
A new study from B.C.'s seniors advocate says better sick pay provisions and more registered…
Survey says that Canadians have lost faith in long-term care in wake of COVID-19
COVID-19 cast a shadow over long-term care facilities across Canada, prompting more people to demand…
Interior Health ending oversight role at Summerland long-term care home
After almost 17 months of being under the supervision of an administrator appointed by Interior…
Long-term care homes in B.C. soon returning to almost normal
Just as much of the province reopened from COVID-19 restrictions on July 1, long-term care…