A recent study by the British Columbia Nurses Union and the UBC School of Nursing, found that 40 percent of the province鈥檚 nurses are struggling with severe depression.The study also revealed that as a result of the pandemic, 60 percent of nurses are showing signs of burnout.鈥淲e know 85 percent of our nurses are seriously concerned about bringing this virus home,鈥� said Christine Sorensen, president of the British Columbia Nurses Union, or BCNU. Read MoreRead More
EXTENSION OF PROVINCE-WIDE RESTRICTIONS On January 7, 2021 BC鈥檚 Provincial Health Officer (PHO) ordered an聽extension to existing province-wide restrictions聽to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Specifically, the sections of the聽gatherings and events order聽concerning visitors in private residences and allowable/prohibited events (sections A, B and C) that were to expire on January 8th聽have been extended to February 5, 2021聽at midnight. All events and social gatherings are suspended to聽significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission related to聽social interactions. All non-essential travel should be avoided. This includes travel into and out of B.C. and between regions of the province. PHO UPDATES RE: VARSITY SPORT AND RETAIL OCCUPANCY LIMITS – Varsity sport On December 24, 2020 BC鈥檚 Public Health Officer (PHO) amended the聽Gatherings and Events Order聽to expand and clarify restrictions on sports and fitness activities. These changes include permitting varsity sports subject to conditions, such as allowing participants to train or practice only with their home institution, ensuring participants maintain three-metre physical distancing, and prohibiting spectators. For the sake of clarity, 鈥渧arsity sport鈥� includes only formally recognized sports rather than intramural or other informal fitness activities. It is defined as follows: 鈥淰arsity sport鈥� means a sport for which the eligibility requirements for participation are established by a national...Read More
Long before the pandemic, her family and others had complained about the quality of care residents were getting at George Pearson Centre, a long-term care home owned and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health for people with complex care needs. Read MoreRead More
It was a gut punch to people living in assisted living and long-term care and their families who are already all-too-aware of the body of evidence confirming that the pandemic lockdowns have made their fragile health even more precarious. Read MoreRead More
Countries with strong regulation and centralized oversight of their long-term care have fared better overall in dealing with COVID-19, according to veteran, Canadian seniors care researchers. Fuelled by this, co-authors Pat Armstrong and Marcy Cohen are making recommendations to Ottawa in a discussion paper today by Vancouver-based Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a left-leaning think-tank. Read MoreRead More
Too much of what you鈥檙e writing comes from the dark side, he said. Maybe you should retire. It got me thinking. 鈥� And no, not about retirement. To the question of joyful stuff, I can answer a conditional yes. They鈥檙e have been small scale things close to home in a year when, ironically, I had planned to visit Bhutan 鈥� the first place in the world where government budgets are screened through the lens of their effect on citizens鈥� happiness and well-being. Read MoreRead More
Two health-care workers who served on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in a private long-term care home say they鈥檝e been unfairly excluded from a temporary wage top-up given to their counterparts in publicly funded facilities. A care aide a nurse who both work at a privately owned and operated care home in Port Coquitlam said they worked 12- to 16-hour shifts to care for the home鈥檚 49 residents in the early weeks of the pandemic. Read More Original Article Source Credits: 聽聽CityNews1130 ,聽https://www.citynews1130.com/ Article Written By: 聽KELVIN GAWLEY Original Article Posted on: 聽聽Oct 22, 2020 Link to Original Article: 聽https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/10/22/private-care-home-workers-call-exclusion-from-b-c-pandemic-pay-extremely-unfair/Read More
Opinion: More funding is needed for raw food costs and dietary staff to support homemade meal service, more direct care hours to offer daily showers or baths if desired, a decrease in the use of antipsychotics without a supporting diagnosis of psychosis. Read More Original Article Source Credits:聽 The Province ,聽https://theprovince.com/ Article Written By: 聽Dan Levitt Original Article Posted on: 聽Oct 25, 2020 Link to Original Article: 聽https://theprovince.com/opinion/dan-levitt-a-new-deal-is-urgently-needed-in-long-term-careRead More
People can alleviate anxiety symptoms by keeping to routines, exercising, and staying connected with their social network as well as following public health guidelines such as washing your hands, wearing masks, and maintaining physical distance. Read More Original Article Source Credits: 聽聽Vancouver Sun ,聽https://vancouversun.com/ Article Written By: 聽Kevin Griffin Original Article Posted on: 聽Oct 09, 2020 Link to Original Article: 聽https://vancouversun.com/news/mental-health-challenges-expected-to-increase-during-the-first-full-winter-of-covid-19Read More
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