2016 BCCPA Conference Exhibitor Booths and Sponsorship Packages at Record Rate
Last week the BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) opened up sales for exhibitor booths and sponsorship packages for the 2016 BCCPA Annual Conference at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort. The response was strong and fast as booths are being sold at a record rate. Since Thursday morning there have been 43 booths purchased and secured, […]
Effective Interviewing of Residents with Special Needs
The BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) is pleased to announce an upcoming training workshop exclusive to BCCPA service-provider members. We have partnered with The Forensic Alliance (TFA) to host a half-day workshop that will give care providers knowledge to assist them with their daily care of their clients including prior to and subsequent to critical […]
BCCPA attends National Conference on Frail Elderly
October 5, 2015 From September 27-29, 2015 the BCCPA Director of Policy and Research, Michael Kary, attended the third annual Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network (TVN) conference in Toronto, Ontario. The conference, entitled Improving care for frail elderly Canadians, included academic and research representatives from across Canada. On the first day of the conference, […]
Op-ed: Quality, Innovation, Collaboration – Strengthening Seniors Care Delivery in BC
October 1, 2015 When Canada’s Medicare system was created 50 years ago, the average life expectancy in Canada was 68.1 years. Today, the average life expectancy is 81.7 years, yet the health system has only marginally adapted to meet the needs of our aging population.[i] In particular, the health care system in Canada is still largely […]
Significant Media Coverage for BCCPA Policy Paper
On Wednesday the BCCPA released a significant policy paper, which if implemented, could significantly transform BC’s continuing care sector into the future. The policy paper written by Michael Kary, Director of Policy and Research, has generated a significant amount of media coverage throughout the province. It also generated the highest one-day web traffic ever on […]
BCCPA Proposes Significant Transformation of Continuing Care System
British Columbia care providers are proposing the provincial government and health authorities commit to transferring one per cent of their annual acute care budget to improve the quality of community care and implement more responsive continuing care models to meet the growing needs of a rapidly ageing population. These are two of five recommendations being […]
StatsCan Report: Seniors Now Outnumber Children in Canada
For the first time in history, there are now more seniors aged 65+ than there are children under the age of 15 living in Canada. Demographers have long predicted this day would come, but a new report released by Statistics Canada (StatsCan) confirms the demographic dilemma facing policy makers in our county. On July 1 […]
Quality-Innovation-Collaboration: Strengthening Seniors Care Delivery in BC
On February 18, 2015 the BC Ministry of Health released a series of papers covering five broad areas of the health system including: patient centered care, health human resources, rural health, surgical services as well as primary and community care. The Ministry also later released a paper on Information Management / Technology in June of […]
BC Continuing Care Collaborative: One Step Closer
The BCCPA has been advocating for the establishment of a new BC Continuing Care Collaborative to address both the short and long-term issues facing our sector. We are pleased to report that Minister of Health Terry Lake has now provided his support for this initiative. In a letter to the BCCPA, Lake states: “I am […]
