Seniors' Advocate

• Additional visitors and longer, unmonitored visits to be allowed in B.C. long-term care

  Residents of long-term care and assisted-living facilities will soon be able to have "regular, frequent and routine" opportunities for social visits.

  Health

  Mar 25
• Many seniors struggle with loneliness. The pandemic has only made it worse

  From living alone to being confined in homes, the pandemic has also brought up important conversations on how seniors in Canada socialize and how long-term care needs to change.

  Lifestyle

  Feb 20
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• Some British Columbians over the age of 80 will receive COVID-19 vaccine at home

  Starting as early as the end of this week the province will start contacting people in the 80 plus demographic to book immunization appointments.

  Health

  Feb 16
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• ‘I can’t trust the system’: Grieving Little Mountain Place families demand accountability

  "I was terrified this was going to be a death sentence when we put (my grandmother) into the care home. And it was," Parm Bains told Global News.

  Health

  Jan 16
• Survey to assess impact of restrictions on B.C. seniors’ homes during pandemic

  On June 30 the restrictions were loosened to allow one designated visitor per resident at facilities with a COVID-19 safety plan in place.

  Health

  Aug 26, 2020
• Troubling report highlights neglect at assisted living facilities in B.C.

  According to the report's author, the assisted living sector in B.C. is under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized.

  Health

  Jun 17, 2020
• B.C. launches new 211 service to connect seniors, volunteers during coronavirus pandemic

  British Columbia is launching a new service via the 211 phone line and website to help connect seniors with people who want to help them during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2020
• B.C.’s seniors advocate finds multiple problems with long-term care home sector

  B.C.'s Seniors Advocate has found numerous problems with the way the province's long-term care sector handles financial information.

  Politics

  Feb 4, 2020
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• ‘We can do better’: B.C. seniors advocate finds home support out of reach for most

  B.C.'s home-support program is unaffordable for the majority of the province's elderly, according to a new report from the province's seniors advocate. 

  Health

  Jun 19, 2019
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• Interior seniors wait longer for long-term care than in Lower Mainland, seniors advocate says

  Statistics show that how long you are likely to wait for a long-term care bed depends heavily on where in the province you live.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2019