WHO WE ARE With support from the BC Ministry of Health and BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, the Provincial COVID-19 Mobile Response Team (MRT) offers psychosocial support, education, and consultation to organizations and agencies working within British Columbia鈥檚 COVID-19 public health emergency. MRT serves frontline health care workers specifically long-term care professionals and other community care providers, who have been impacted by the pandemic. Support is provided provincially by team members with diverse backgrounds and skillsRead More
The BC Seniors Living Association (BCSLA) is calling on the province to ensure that聽COVID-19聽vaccines will be distributed in an equitable way, not only to seniors in assisted living and long-term care facilities but also to those in independent living. BCSLA CEO Lee Coonfer told Global News that earlier in the pandemic, independent living facilities were seemingly forgotten for government funding as the virus rampaged through long-term care centres. Read MoreRead More
When the story of COVID-19 in B.C. in 2020 is told, the impact it鈥檚 had on seniors in long-term care facilities will be a defining part of the narrative. On March 10, Canada鈥檚 first recorded COVID-19 death was at the聽Lynn Valley Care Centre聽in North Vancouver. Since then, there have been more than 400 deaths from COVID-19 in care facilities in B.C., representing 71 per cent of the nearly 700 COVID deaths in B.C. Almost 90 per cent of people who have died of COVID in B.C. have been over the age of 70. Read MoreRead 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
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
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
No longer can the discussion of the care of people living in long-term care facilities be ignored, be sloughed off for another day. We have been hearing about the negative experiences of residents in long-term care, and workplace concerns from long-term care staff, for a long time, but the current pandemic has amplified those voices. And their message is resonating. Read More Original Article Source Credits:聽 聽TheProvince ,聽https://theprovince.com/ Article Written By: 聽Jim Mann Original Article Posted on: 聽May 24, 2020 Link to Original Article: 聽https://theprovince.com/opinion/jim-mann-when-long-term-care-is-revolutionized-we-should-learn-from-people-who-live-with-dementiaRead More
We are excited to welcome our students back to campus from October 13, 2020. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to reduce the potential risk of exposure, please read the Covid-19 campus access safety protocol emailed to you BEFORE you come to the site for training this coming Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Complying with 青青草视频’s safety protocol is in the interest of maintaining a safe campus for students, employees, and visitors and is consistent with the requirements of WorkSafeBC Limited Access for Visitors: The campus can be accessed by appointments only for essential business from October 13, 2020. Mask is mandatory to be on site. Visitors must complete a pre-screening questionnaire before the visit. We encourage phone or email inquires to avoid in-person contact as much as possible to maintain safety. The office hours are from 8:45 am to 4:45 pm. Contact us at聽(604) 738-0285聽or聽info@gwcollege.ca.Read More
Jessica Steinwand was still finding her feet as a nurse when COVID-19 hit, having just started work last May. 鈥淎t that point, that鈥檚 when I really started to feel 鈥� I鈥檝e kind of got this, I can deal with this stuff,鈥� said Steinwand, who now works on a medical unit at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Read More Original Article Source Credits: 聽聽Vancouver Sun ,聽https://vancouversun.com/ Article Written By: 聽Derrick Penner Original Article Posted on: 聽Aug 29, 2020 Link to Original Article: 聽https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/new-nurses-on-b-c-s-health-front-lines-get-more-behind-the-scenes-backupRead More
