Seniorsā Advocate Report Identifies Need for New Investments in Care, Says BCCPA
Burnaby, B.C. (December 13, 2016): Earlier today the Office of the Seniors Advocate (OSA) released its annual āMonitoring Seniorsā Servicesā report. While it covers a number of different areas, the report reveals that wait times to secure a residential care bed are increasing while fewer seniors are gaining access to home care services. According to […]
Analysis: Reducing Polypharmacy among BC seniors
By Michael Kary, BCCPA Director of Research and Policy Lately we have seen many concerns, including from media reports and from the BC Office of the Seniors Advocate (OSA), raised about seniors being prescribed too many unnecessary prescription drugs ā a practice commonly referred to as polypharmacy. In regards to these concerns, the BC Care […]
BCCPA Backgrounder: Reducing Polypharmacy in B.C.’s Continuing Care Sector
NewĀ paper addresses use of Polypharmacy, Antipsychotics, Anti-depressants and off-label drug use Lately we have seen concerns raised about seniors being prescribed too many unnecessary prescription drugs ā a practice commonly referred to as polypharmacy. In general, the BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) agrees with the Office of the Seniors Advocate (OSA) that seniors taking many […]
Care to Chat Holiday Gift Suggestion
Looking for that perfect low-cost gift idea for someone who is passionate about seniors care? Let us make it easy for youā¦Order Care to Chat tickets for our next event and put them under someoneās virtual Christmas tree! For our commercial members, a Care to Chat ticket would be the ideal gift for your coveted […]
Helena Choir gives voice to people living with dementia
A new initiative started by the Health Arts Society is giving a voice to people living with dementia. As a part of the Health Art Society’s Giving Voice Chorus Initiative, this newly formed Helena Choir is intended for people living with early-stage and mild Alzheimer’s, as well as other dementias, and their caregivers. The choir […]
BCCPA to host first annual Care to Debate at May conference
The BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) is calling for submissions for theirĀ first annual Care to Debate event on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the 40th Anniversary Conference in Whistler, B.C. As part of the debate, a contest open to all of the public including BCCPA members, will be held to select the number one motion […]
Care to Chat panelists answer follow-up mental health questions
On Nov. 17, the BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) and SafeCare BC hosted the first Care to Chat event of the season, titledĀ Who Cares? Should More Be Done to Support the Mental Health & Wellness of Continuing Care Staff in BC?. The goal of this panel discussion was to start a conversation on mental health […]
Analysis: How can we double end-of-life care capacity in B.C. by 2020?
By Lara Croll, M.A., BCCPA Policy Analyst While talking about the end of someone’s lifeĀ can be difficult, the simple fact is that dying is a large part of life. Over 330,000 Canadians die every year, and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association estimates that each of these deaths affects five people on average, including friends […]
BCCPA Report: Doubling Hospice & End-of-Life Bed Capacity in BC
New paper provides policy recommendations Although the BC Government has made some progress in end-of-life care such as the release of its 2013 Provincial End-of-Life Care Action Plan, as well as committing to double number of hospice beds by 2020, more action and discussion is required.Ā In particular, this paper is the BC Care Providers Association’s […]
