South Island providers attend BCCPA Listening Tour
This week BCCPAâs Mike Klassen and Rebecca Morris continued the BCCPA listening tour by holding round table events for Assisted Living (A.L.) and Home Care providers. âThese listening tour events have highlighted that regional differences play a significant role in the challenges and opportunities which providers face across the province,â says Morris. âWhile this can […]
AGM policy motions address key issues affecting continuing care sector
BC Care Providers Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on October 6th in Vancouver where members will be updated on last year’s key accomplishments and future plans for the organization. Additionally, four policy motions will also be presented to the membership for a vote at the AGM. âBCCPA looks forward to having a dialogue […]
Announcing BCCPA’s 2018 Annual Conference theme
The BC Care Providers Association is excited to announce Shift Happens! as the theme for its 2018 Annual Conference in Whistler. Shift Happens! will zoom in on the global shift in the model of care from acute to home and community. By exploring best practices and new models of care and technology, the 41st Annual […]
BCCPA’s Concerts in Care coming to senior care homes in the Kootenays
The Concerts in Care series that brings professional music performances to seniors in long-term care homes and assisted living sites is coming to the Kootenays on September 29. With over 40 individual performance dates, the concerts are organized by the Health Arts Society, and sponsored through a grant from the BC Care Providers Association. The program offers residents, their […]
Life in residential care homes brighter with musical experiences
With one thin, veined hand over the other, he tapped in time as the Borealis String Quartet played a very special concert. Across the room, a woman nodded her head along with the beat, while a man closed his eyes, perhaps transported somewhere else. Still, another woman looked slightly alarmed as violinist Patricia Shih occasionally […]
Angel Accessibility returns as title sponsor for 2018 Annual Conference
The BC Care Providers Association is pleased to welcome back Angel Accessibility, a division of Handicare, as the title sponsor for the 2018 Annual Conference. The BCCPA issued an open RFP allowing any commercial organization to submit a bid, and after thoroughly reviewing all submissions, Angel Accessibility was selected as the title sponsor. Chris Swift, […]
World Alzheimer’s Day: Self care for the caregiver
This article was originally published by the Alzheimer Society of BC. How are you sleeping at night? Fine. How many times do you get up during the night? Not many. How many times were you up last night? Oh, twelve. Itâs just another sleepless night for the Alzheimer caregiver. Providing care for someone with Alzheimerâs disease takes a tremendous toll on […]
New publicly funded care beds open in Fraser Health region
BCCPA salutes effort by FHA to expand home and community care This week families and seniors living in the Fraser Valley received good news that new beds are opening at four BC Care Provider Association (BCCPA) member care homes located in Chilliwack and Langley. It is a further signal of the ongoing effort by Fraser […]
Strength in numbers: BCCPA welcomes new members
As the leading voice for seniorsâ care in the province, the BC Care Providers Association is proud to serve its members by representing them in matters of policy development and advocacy, offering networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities through exciting events and workshops, and providing other services which help foster quality of care. The BCCPA celebrated its 40th […]
