Victoria seniors care home receives provincial funding for new equipment
Veterans Memorial Lodge at Broadmead is one of 88 care homes across British Columbia to receive funding to purchase new safety equipment, as part of the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (or SSQIP, pronounced “SKWIP”) initiative. Veterans Memorial Lodge at Broadmead will receive $54,500 of the total $2.6 million in provincial funding announced by […]
Burnaby care home receives provincial funding for new equipment
Burnaby’s New Vista Society is one of 88 care homes across British Columbia to receive funding to purchase new safety equipment, as part of the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (or SSQIP, pronounced “SKWIP”) initiative. New Vista Society received $85,517 of the total $2.6 million in provincial funding announced by Minister of Health Adrian […]
Port Coquitlam seniors’ care home receives provincial funding for new equipment
Port Coquitlam’s Hawthorne Seniors Care Community is one of 88 care homes across British Columbia to receive funding to purchase new safety equipment, as part of the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (or SSQIP, pronounced “SKWIP”) initiative. Hawthorne Seniors Care Community received $35,576.88 of the total $2.6 million in provincial funding announced by Minister […]
Vernon care home receives provincial cash
Creekside Landing pockets $20,000 from province to purchase new safety equipment Vernon’s Creekside Landing is one of 88 care homes across British Columbia to receive funding to purchase new safety equipment. The investment is part of the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (or SSQIP) initiative. Creekside Landing will receive $20,000 of the total $2.6 […]
Kamloops seniors care home receives more than $30,000 from government for new equipment
A recent grant will allow Kamloops’ Ridgeview Lodge, a local seniors’ home, to purchase new safety equipment. The lodge was one of 88 care homes across B.C. to receive funding as part of the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (SSQIP). As a result, they will be receiving $30,100 of the total $2.6 million in […]
Prince George care home gets provincial funding for safety equipment
Simon Fraser Lodge is receiving $65,000 for equipment to improve quality of life Prince George’s Simon Fraser Lodge is one of 88 care homes across to get provincial funding for new safety equipment. Simon Fraser Lodge is receiving $65,000 of a total of $2.6 million in provincial funding announced by Minister of Health Adrian Dix […]
SSQIP funding of $2.6 million approved for period 1
On August 10th, 2018 the B.C. Ministry of Health announced $2.6 million of funding in the first period of applications for the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (SSQIP). A SSQIP summary for the first period of applications is now published and can be reviewed here. Initially, BCCPA allocated up to $1.2 million of funding for the first period […]
SSQIP update: Funding approvals begin this week
BCCPA’s programs team has conducted an exhaustive review of approximately 90 applications covering the purchase of 3,400 items as part of its SSQIP (Seniors Safety Quality Improvement Program). With that process now complete, we are excited to begin notifying all of the applicants regarding the status of their grant request beginning this week. In a […]
First set of SSQIP applications now under review
The first application period for the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (SSQIP) closed on February 28th, 2018, and all submitted applications are now under review. “Applications are currently under review for March, and letters of approval will be sent out between the end of March and the beginning of April,” says BCCPA Director of Programs […]