Stand UP for Seniors’ Care

Thank you for your interest in our campaign to improve the care that we provide to seniors in British Columbia.

Learn more

Do you want to learn more about the crisis facing seniors’ care in British Columbia and how we can fix it?

Check out these two reports from the CCPA: An Uncertain Future for Seniors: BC’s Restructuring of Home and Community Care, 2001-2008 (Full Report/Summary), which includes a breakdown of cuts to seniors’ care in communities across B.C. and Innovations in Community Care: From Pilot Project to System Change (Full Report), which reviews the state of home and community care in B.C.

Then take a moment to visit our Stand UP for Seniors Care public website or check out the BC Health Coalition’s Broken Promises: Seniors’ care. We can do better, a campaign to raise awareness about the state of seniors’ care in B.C.

They’ve provided a number of resources that will help you piece together the seniors’ care puzzle, and propose a number of solutions to improve the quality of care available to seniors. They’ve also provided information in both Punjabi and Simplified Chinese.

Get the facts

You can also review the HEU Facts Behind the Ad – and learn what doctors, care home operators and watchdogs like the Ombudsman and the Auditor General are saying about the state of seniors’ care in B.C.

And check out our fact sheets along with other downloadable resources.

Do more

The provincial government is allowing publicly funded, but independently operated, residential care homes opt out of, or de-accreditate from a provincially negotiated collective agreement that sets out a common standard for wages and working conditions for nearly 40,000 health care workers.

You can download a petition addressed to the B.C. government objecting to this move and asking that the change be reversed. Return petitions to “Stand Up for Seniors” Care campaign, Hospital Employees’ Union, 5000 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC V5J 5M3.

Be sure to visit our public site at <www.standupforseniorscare.ca>.