Seniors

BEPPLE – Kamloops needs another, more central, long-term care home

February 10, 2021 // 7 Comments

IT MAY BE FORGOTTEN by many that in 2020 the B.C. provincial government announced an expansion of almost 500 more extended care beds across the province. Of these, 100 beds [Continue]

PANDEMIC – Covid-19 pokes the final hole in leaky long-term care boat

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By SHAWN WHATLEY Past President, Ontario Medical Association NURSING HOMES struggled long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Canada. Now, during the second wave, many [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a dash of irony in the choice of Lake for new seniors job

August 27, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW CEO OF THE B.C. Care Providers Association is going to be a busy boy. He is none other than Kamloops’ own Terry Lake, whose [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Assault on 71-year-old security guard deserves extra punishment

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MEDIA HAVE A BAD HABIT of stereotyping older folks as helpless; others have an equally bad habit of stereotyping them as irrelevant. Anybody [Continue]

PETERS – Will the pandemic cause us to rethink how we care for our seniors?

July 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS WE GET OLDER, our worlds tend to get smaller. By the time we are elderly and perhaps living in seniors apartments or a longterm care facility, our worlds can be [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Pandemic exposes failings of long-term care facilities

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

IN 2002, THE BC LIBERALS had a grand plan to provide seniors with home-like settings. Added to that, they promised that the new residences would cost the government about [Continue]