Long Term Care BC

• B.C. expands long-term care visitation, allowing one social visitor per resident

  That visitor will not need to be an approved "designated essential" visitor, as has been the case for much of the fifth wave of the pandemic.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2022
  
• Daughter of long-term care resident in Nanaimo, B.C. ‘devastated’ by new visitor restrictions

  90-year-old mother Marguerite Bell lives at the Eden Gardens nursing home and relies on visits from her two daughters for both her mental health and daily needs.

  Health

  Jan 1, 2022
  
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• Mandatory vaccines a ‘game-changer’ at COVID-19-plagued Kelowna care home, doctor says

  41 residents and 11 staff members have become infected with COVID-19 at Cottonwoods Care Home. Six residents have died.

  Health

  Oct 4, 2021
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• B.C. Interior care homes receive national grant to strengthen future pandemic response

  The funding will go towards strengthening six key areas of practice: readiness, prevention, people in the workforce, surge capacity, care planning and the presence of family.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2021