BCCPA launches mobile app for 2018 Annual Conference
Get the most out of your conference experience by downloading the newly-released Shift Happens! mobile app. This easy-to-navigate app let’s you plan out your event experience, network with other attendees, and learn more about sponsors, speakers, sessions and trade show exhibitors. Use the app to access the event schedule, your personal schedule, view presentations, and […]
Join the BC Care Providers Association at the Walk for Alzheimer’s event this Sunday
Join the BC Care Providers Association on Sunday, May 6th for the 2018 Walk for Alzheimer’s. BCCPA’s team “Care to Walk?” will be participating in the Burnaby and New Westminster event. We are walking this year to honour people who have passed and to acknowledge the work that must be done to ensure help and […]
Saying no to drugs: BCCPA members share success stories of reducing the use of antipsychotics in long-term care
By Lara Croll Concerns regarding the use of antipsychotic medications among residents in care homes have been well documented over the last two decades and are an ongoing concern.[i] The BC Office of the Seniors Advocate reports that 25% of residents in BC’s long term care homes are currently taking antipsychotics without a diagnosis of […]
School Board vote to increase health care aide spaces lauded
VSB trustees recognize need for seniors care workers Burnaby, B.C. (May 1, 2018) – A vote by the Vancouver Board of Education on Monday evening will have positive ramifications for families across British Columbia says BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA). In a majority vote by the Vancouver School Board at Monday night’s public meeting, trustees supported a […]
Vancouver School Board votes Monday on expanding HCA dual credit spaces
Vancouver Coastal Health endorses motion to increase dual credit spaces for health care aides BC Care Providers Association is advocating for the expansion of dual credit programs around British Columbia which allow high school students to gain credits towards their post-secondary Health Care Aide (HCA) diploma. On Monday evening, the Vancouver School Board is voting on a […]
New BCCPA guide shows success of care homes’ push to cut antipsychotics use
Burnaby, B.C. (April 26, 2018) – The inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications among seniors, particularly in residential care, is an issue of growing public concern. Research shows 25 per cent of residents in B.C.’s long-term care homes are taking antipsychotics without a diagnosis of psychosis. In 2013, BC Care Providers Association published a member-led guide which focused […]
BCCPA & SafeCare BC shadow Kiwanis care home staff
On most days you will find BC Care Provider Association and SafeCare BC staff at their desks or in meetings, but last Wednesday a group of staff visited the Kiwanis Care Centre in New Westminster. “All of our staff are committed to the work they do to make B.C. better for seniors, but it is […]
Care providers express optimism at VISAN’s inaugural meeting
It was a full house at the Nanaimo Museum on April 12th as long-term care, assisted living and home support providers gathered for the inaugural meeting of the Vancouver Island Seniors Administrators Network (VISAN). BC Care Providers Association launched the Network—modeled on the successful Fraser Area Administrators Network (FAN)—as a forum for the exchange of […]
Register for the #BCCPA2018 golf tournament
Join us for the largest industry golf tournament of the year at BC Care Providers’ 2018 Annual Conference. Nestled in the Coast Mountain range of British Columbia, wildlife, scenery and incredible vistas are signature of the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Course. Click here to see photos from the sold out 2017 tournament. Compete for a chance […]
