Long Term Care

Hundreds of long term care beds headed to the Okanagan and Kamloops next year
The province is planning to provide 420 new long term care beds in the Okanagan…

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.…

Speaking up for long term care residents almost cost this woman her home
Dianna Green has spent the last 14 years living in the Joseph Creek Care Village…

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…

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…

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…

Issues boiling over at Cranbrook seniors home after resident sexually assaulted despite staff warnings
There were plenty of warning signs that one of the residents at a Cranbrook long-term…

Long term care home staffing changes in the Interior Health region in the wake of COVID-19
With 30 of the 50 deaths recorded in B.C. due to COVID-19 being in long…

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…