Day: October 23, 2014

Membership Fees

As part of our overall renewal process that last 18 months, we have also reviewed the current membership fee structure. Phase I of that review involved a review of the commercial membership fees which have been frozen for over 5 years. In September the Board of Directors approved a staff recommendation to increase our commercial […]

Member Invoicing

Please note that we will be distributing the invoices for your 2015/16 membership in January. All memberships expire on March 31st, 2015. Your support of the BCCPA and our activities is most appreciated.

Proud Member Stickers

BCCPA members are a pretty proud group! That’s why we’ve chosen to let everyone know that by producing “BCCPA Proud Member 2013/14” electrostat (non-permanent stickers) for each of our member sites. If you haven’t already received yours, or would like more, please contact Hart Dashevsky at hart@bccare.ca The stickers replace the older 8 X 10 […]

BCCPA Awards – February 23, 2015 – Nominate Someone Today

It’s that time of year again. Do you know of anyone who has done something exceptional at your place of work? Do you know of someone who works hard on the front-line and would be thrilled to be nominated for a BCCPA Annual Award? If so, please take a few minutes to nominate them for […]

Partnerships

Denominational Health Association – The BCCPA continues to work with the DHA on a couple of projects. They include the Annual Ministers Lunch event which took place on October 16th. In addition, we are looking to collaborate with DHA on the new faith based stream of workshops that we are developing  for our 2015 Annual […]

Code of Ethics

As part of our by-law updates voted on by the membership in May 2014, the BCCPA Code of Ethics was updated and the language strengthened. The Code of Ethics applies only to care home and home care operators who are voluntarily members of the BCCPA. A special 8 ½ X 10 downloadable copy of the […]

Fire Safety in BC Care Homes

The BCCPA is planning to reconvene the Ad-Hoc committee we struck earlier this year which was focusing on the issues of fire safety in BC Care homes. We have been in discussions with the Ministry of Health and they should be in a position to provide an update to the committee in November. For a […]

Safecare BC Extraordinary General Meeting

Immediately following the Care to Chat event, SafeCare BC will be hosting their first ever Extraordinary General Meeting of members. The event is taking place on Thursday, November 13th at 2 pm at the Terminal City Club. Click here for more details. Hopefully you can make it!

Care To Chat Event – November 13th

Jennifer Lyle, Executive Director for SafeCare BC, will be one of the keynote speakers for our season two kickoff Care to Chat panel discussion. Lyle will be joined on stage with representatives from WorkSafe BC, the Hospital Employees Union and the Fraser Health Authority. If you haven’t already bought a ticket/table, there is still some […]