COVID-19 has increased the need for additional staff in long-term care and assisted living services. Typically, these positions require prior experience and education. The Health Career Access Program provides a path for applicants with no health care experience to get hired and receive on-the-job training. Read MoreRead More

Nurses in B.C. are calling for more support for frontline workers as a new variant of COVID-19 is found in B.C. The variant strain was detected by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control when monitoring travellers in B.C. who may have come from the U.K. Christine Sorensen, president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union, believes this new variant will compound staffing issues. Read MoreRead More

Long before the pandemic, her family and others had complained about the quality of care residents were getting at George Pearson Centre, a long-term care home owned and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health for people with complex care needs. Read MoreRead More

It was a gut punch to people living in assisted living and long-term care and their families who are already all-too-aware of the body of evidence confirming that the pandemic lockdowns have made their fragile health even more precarious. Read MoreRead More

Countries with strong regulation and centralized oversight of their long-term care have fared better overall in dealing with COVID-19, according to veteran, Canadian seniors care researchers. Fuelled by this, co-authors Pat Armstrong and Marcy Cohen are making recommendations to Ottawa in a discussion paper today by Vancouver-based Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a left-leaning think-tank. Read MoreRead More

Two health-care workers who served on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in a private long-term care home say they’ve been unfairly excluded from a temporary wage top-up given to their counterparts in publicly funded facilities. A care aide a nurse who both work at a privately owned and operated care home in Port Coquitlam said they worked 12- to 16-hour shifts to care for the home’s 49 residents in the early weeks of the pandemic. Read More Original Article Source Credits:   CityNews1130 , https://www.citynews1130.com/ Article Written By:  KELVIN GAWLEY Original Article Posted on:   Oct 22, 2020 Link to Original Article:  https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/10/22/private-care-home-workers-call-exclusion-from-b-c-pandemic-pay-extremely-unfair/Read More

Opinion: More funding is needed for raw food costs and dietary staff to support homemade meal service, more direct care hours to offer daily showers or baths if desired, a decrease in the use of antipsychotics without a supporting diagnosis of psychosis. Read More Original Article Source Credits:  The Province , https://theprovince.com/ Article Written By:  Dan Levitt Original Article Posted on:  Oct 25, 2020 Link to Original Article:  https://theprovince.com/opinion/dan-levitt-a-new-deal-is-urgently-needed-in-long-term-careRead More

People can alleviate anxiety symptoms by keeping to routines, exercising, and staying connected with their social network as well as following public health guidelines such as washing your hands, wearing masks, and maintaining physical distance. Read More Original Article Source Credits:   Vancouver Sun , https://vancouversun.com/ Article Written By:  Kevin Griffin Original Article Posted on:  Oct 09, 2020 Link to Original Article:  https://vancouversun.com/news/mental-health-challenges-expected-to-increase-during-the-first-full-winter-of-covid-19Read More

No longer can the discussion of the care of people living in long-term care facilities be ignored, be sloughed off for another day. We have been hearing about the negative experiences of residents in long-term care, and workplace concerns from long-term care staff, for a long time, but the current pandemic has amplified those voices. And their message is resonating. Read More Original Article Source Credits:   TheProvince , https://theprovince.com/ Article Written By:  Jim Mann Original Article Posted on:  May 24, 2020 Link to Original Article:  https://theprovince.com/opinion/jim-mann-when-long-term-care-is-revolutionized-we-should-learn-from-people-who-live-with-dementiaRead More

We are excited to welcome our students back to campus from October 13, 2020. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to reduce the potential risk of exposure, please read the Covid-19 campus access safety protocol emailed to you BEFORE you come to the site for training this coming Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Complying with Gateway College’s safety protocol is in the interest of maintaining a safe campus for students, employees, and visitors and is consistent with the requirements of WorkSafeBC Limited Access for Visitors: The campus can be accessed by appointments only for essential business from October 13, 2020. Mask is mandatory to be on site. Visitors must complete a pre-screening questionnaire before the visit. We encourage phone or email inquires to avoid in-person contact as much as possible to maintain safety. The office hours are from 8:45 am to 4:45 pm. Contact us at (604) 738-0285 or info@gwcollege.ca.Read More