Seniors advocate looks back on how the pandemic changed care for seniors in B.C.
When the story of COVID-19 in B.C. in 2020 is told, the impact it’s had on seniors in long-term care facilities will be a defining part of the narrative.
On March 10, Canada’s first recorded COVID-19 death was at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver. Since then, there have been more than 400 deaths from COVID-19 in care facilities in B.C., representing 71 per cent of the nearly 700 COVID deaths in B.C. Almost 90 per cent of people who have died of COVID in B.C. have been over the age of 70.
Original Article Source Credits: Vancouver Sun , https://vancouversun.com/
Article Written By: Kevin Griffin
Original Article Posted on: Dec 26, 2020
Link to Original Article: https://vancouversun.com/news/b-c-s-seniors-advocate-looks-back-on-how-the-pandemic-changed-care-for-seniors-in-b-c