BC Health Leaders Conference Oct. 11-13
Our friends at the Canadian College of Health Leaders are hosting the BC Health Leaders Conference in Victoria, BC that will be of interest to many of our members, as well as other individuals and organizations. BCCPA CEO Daniel Fontaine and president Karen Baillie will participate as plenary panelists. The conference is happening October 11-13 […]
BCCPA welcomes Hon. Adrian Dix as B.C.’s new Minister of Health — @AdrianDix
British Columbia’s new government was sworn in today and the Minister of Health, the Hon. Adrian Dix, will now determine the future of health care in our province. BC Care Providers Association is an avowedly non-partisan industry association that represents the majority of non-government providers of community care for seniors in the province. This includes well […]
BC beating national average on early care home admissions—but we can do better
About one in five (22 per cent) of Canadian seniors admitted to long-term care might have been able to stay in their own homes if appropriate supports such as home care had been available, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). But in British Columbia that number is much […]
Violence prevention training gets boost with train-the-trainer program
Do you have a passion for learning and teaching? Do you want to help reduce the impact of violence in the workplace? Do you want to increase the knowledge and awareness for your co-workers? Then you might want to consider SafeCare BC’s Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum Train-the-Trainer Program, a partnership with Fraser Health. The Provincial […]
Injury rates for long-term care workers continue to fall in BC
In 2012 the BC Care Providers was instrumental in spearheading an effort to establish a new safety association in partnership with WorkSafe BC. One year later, SafeCare BC was launched with a focus on supporting long-term care providers reduce injury rates. Data just released by WorkSafe BC seems to confirm the BCCPA’s efforts to establish […]
Ristovski new Director of Programs for BCCPA
BCCPA is pleased to announce Snezana Ristovski has been hired to work as our new Director of Programs starting on Monday, July 24th. Ristovski has more than 16 years of experience in the field of project and process improvement management as well as more than 8 years experience in operations management and leading organizational development […]
B.C.’s frail elderly vulnerable as wildfires rage across province
A little over a week ago, a number of major forest fires started burning across the province. The Province of BC has since declared a State of Emergency. The impact of the fires has been most felt by the residents living within the Interior Health Region. A number of care homes and home care operators […]
Hall joins BCCPA as new Manager of Partnership Development
The BCCPA is pleased to announce that Justine Hall will become our new Manager of Partnership Development starting on Monday, July 31st. Hall currently works as a policy analyst with a BC Crown Corporation and formerly worked with Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), Food Security Policy Team. She has served as Junior Political […]
CEO does interview on CKNW regarding Bill 16
On Saturday Daniel Fontaine, CEO for the BC Care Providers Association was asked to join guest host Sterling Fox on the Jill Bennett Show to discuss Bill 16 and the potential impacts on assisted living in the province. Fox wanted to know how rising land values in places like Metro Vancouver could disrupt the current […]
