#BCCPA2020: Canada and COVID-19: What went right, what went wrong, and what next?
While Canada compared to other countries such as the United States, Italy or the United Kingdom has been largely more successful in reducing the overall number of COVID-19 cases world-wide, it has among the highest percentage of deaths in long term care. In Canada, for example, over two-thirds of COVID-19 deaths have occurred in long […]
Announcing Arjo as a gold sponsor for the 2020 Annual Conference
BC Care Providers Association and EngAge BC are pleased to announce Arjo as one of the gold sponsors for the 2020 Annual Conference. At Arjo, we help create safer and more efficient healthcare environments. From patient handling and mobilization, to hygiene and pressure injury prevention, we offer a wide range of solutions designed to help […]
Laura Tamblyn Watts to discuss family visits at the #BCCPA2020 Conference
On March 16, 2020, Minister of Health Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that the province was moving to restrict visits in seniors’ care homes to essential visits. This decision was made to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes and assisted living residences, where residents are most vulnerable […]
Announcing Essity as a gold sponsor for the 2020 Annual Conference
BC Care Providers Association and EngAge BC are pleased to announce Essity as one of the gold sponsors for the 2020 Annual Conference. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company that is dedicated to improving well-being through its products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands […]
#BCCPA2020 Conference: How to lead with compassion in times of crisis
“Be kind, be calm and be safe.” These words have become a familiar mantra to most British Columbians over the past several months, the comforting catchphrase of B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. With a global pandemic unfolding across the world, many have wondered what contributed to B.C.’s success in the early months of […]
Join Bill Baker for his #BCCPA2020 Conference Keynote: Storytelling to Engage, Persuade and Inspire
COVID-19 has presented a whole new array of challenges to those providing seniors living and well options around the world. In the coming months and years, we can expect even more, from lower public confidence in our sector to lower financial ability of people to take part in it. New challenges require new approaches: changes […]
#BCCPA2020: Seniors care and the COVID-19 pandemic: how the international community has responded
To date, most countries across the world have been affected to some degree by the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with workers, particularly hard hit are seniors — including those living in long term care where most seniors are already increasingly frail and often suffering from multiple chronic conditions. To protect such vulnerable populations jurisdictions in Canada […]
#BCCPA2020 Conference Keynote: The Future of Aging
A few weeks before COVID-19 reached pandemic scale in North America, Dr. Zayna Khayat, Futurist at SE Health, along with a few SE Health colleagues published The Future of Aging. This book is a culmination of more than a year of research and discovery of several hundred ‘signals’ that suggest that almost everything we think, know and […]
Call for presenters for 2020 Annual Conference
Do you have 20/20 vision? What is your vision for the future of seniors’ care and living in B.C.? BC Care Providers Association’s 43rd Annual Conference entitled 20/20: A Vision for Seniors will take a retrospective view of the past twenty years, and focus on what seniors’ care and living should look like twenty years […]
