Long Term Care
B.C. may have to adjust COVID-19 strategy to get more visitors into long term care homes
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has fought COVID-19 by ordering province-wide restrictions. Even in…
B.C.’s seniors advocate calls on province to make family members of longer-term care residents essential
After reviewing more than 13,000 surveys filled out by family members and residents of long-term…
Some aren’t waiting for Seniors Advocate’s report to find relief for family in care
With the provincial election over, Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is about to release the results…
‘NO TRANSPARENCY’: B.C. families denied access to long term care facilities wondering why
It’s bad enough to be kept away from loved ones who are locked down in…
Concerned about access to seniors under COVID-19? Ask the parties directly at this Zoom electoral event
With COVID-19 casting a nasty light on the state of long term care homes and…
Lobby effort ramping up to loosen visiting rules in B.C. long term care homes
With no end in sight to tight restrictions on visits to long term care residents,…
Plans are underway to replace Kelowna’s Cottonwoods Care Centre
Cottonwoods Care Centre has been looking area seniors for decades but its years of service…
COVID-19 has had no impact on death rates in B.C. long term care homes
While the dozens of COVID-19 deaths in long term care homes in B.C. have been…
More staff needed in long term care homes before visiting restrictions can be eased
Despite a rally urging visitation restrictions in B.C. long term care homes be eased, there…
If B.C. finally changes visitation rules in long term care homes, it may come from this survey
More than 13,000 people have responded to B.C. Senior Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s survey of life…
New poll suggests long term care will be an election issue
A Research Co. poll suggests 79 per cent of British Columbians say long term care…
B.C. care aide forced to quit to care for her own mother after steep decline under COVID lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Bev Ambler to make a heart-rending choice – give up working…
Long-term care rally in Victoria delayed by weather and election call
A rally in Victoria aimed at pressuring government to ease the restrictions on visits to…
New $20 an hour workers in B.C. care homes need to be prepared for menial tasks
Thousands of B.C. residents have already put their names forward for new jobs in the…
It’s too late for this pandemic isolated long-term care patient but his wife fights on for others
It’s like a “switch flipped” for many residents in B.C. long-term care homes four months…