Tag: COVID-19

SafeCare BC’s Operation Protect exceeds goal of one million donated items of PPE for healthcare workers

SafeCare BC’s Operation Protect has reached a  significant milestone — 1.25 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) have been donated from 605 individuals and organizations. Operation Protect launched three months ago in response to the shortage of PPE that many continuing care workers faced. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increased demand for this critically important […]

Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer meets with seniors care providers

Alberta’s top doctor holds town halls on June 22/23 with care providers on visitation policy Alberta Health Services (AHS), the province’s health authority, is inviting long-term care providers, residents, and families to a virtual town hall with Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Chief Medical Officer of Health, to discuss the next steps for Alberta’s visitor policy. Alberta […]

Update on B.C.’s single-site initiative in response to COVID-19

On March 12, 2020, BC Care Providers Association corresponded with B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and requested an end of multi-site employment. Later in the month, several employers adopted their own “single-site only” protocols by working with staff. An official provincial health office directive – the single-site order or “SSO” – would shortly […]

Seniors care providers ask Dr. Bonnie Henry to support plan to allow family visits

Burnaby, B.C. (June 18, 2020): The organization representing the majority of B.C.’s long-term care and assisted living operators is appealing to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry to permit family members to visit with their loved ones in care homes provided measures are taken to mitigate risk. In a correspondence to Dr. Henry, BC Care […]

B.C. continues to bend the curve in long-term care

British Columbia is demonstrating early success in “bending the curve” in long-term care, assisted living and independent living residences. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., there were 22 seniors’ care residences with active cases of COVID-19. As of today, there are only five care homes under an outbreak protocol. In order to […]

BCCPA pays tribute to “Team B.C.” in Vancouver Sun advertisement

In an advertisement published in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday, May 30th, BC Care Providers Association, EngAge BC and SafeCare BC paid tribute to the province’s continuing care workers and lauded the “Team B.C.” collaboration between care providers, the Ministry of Health, health authorities and other stakeholders that helped bend the curve on COVID-19. The […]

How do Canada’s provinces compare on restricting movement of care workers during COVID-19?

Along with restricting non-essential visits, another important measure to mitigate the introduction and transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care, assisted living and independent living residences, is preventing employees from working at more than one site. Some Canadian provinces took this approach early on, limiting workers to one site to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 […]

BCCPA lauds government decision to provide ‘pandemic pay’ boost for front-line workers

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Burnaby, B.C. (May 20, 2020): Yesterday, in a decision commended by BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA), the provincial government announced it will provide “hero pay” to essential workers who provide front-line services in settings like hospitals, long-term care homes, and assisted living residences. “People at the front lines of the pandemic are working […]