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?
Read what B.C. Ombudsperson Kim Carter has to say about improving care for seniors in her December 2009 report, The Best of Care: Getting It Right for Seniors in British Columbia (Part 1). And stay tuned for Part 2, scheduled for release in June 2010.
HEU made a submission, along with hundreds of other groups and individuals from across B.C., to the Ombudsperson.
Find out more in 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.Take action
Support the BC Health Coalition’s Home and Community Care Campaign to raise awareness about the state of seniors’ care in B.C. and support the Ombudsperson’s recommendations contained in her report.
The BC Health Coalition has 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 what doctors, care home operators and watchdogs like the Ombudsperson and the Auditor General are saying about the state of seniors’ care in B.C. in our Calling for Better Care section.
Other HEU news on seniors’ care:
Ladysmith council unanimously opposes contracting out care at Lodge on 4th
May 4, 2010 (Newsletter)
Lodge on 4th layoffs spark appeal to Ladysmith council to support seniors’ care: resolution going to council Monday night
April 30, 2010 (News Release)
Health care workers and seniors’ advocates ask Ladysmith Town Council to voice its opposition to contracting out
Deadline for BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry extended
April 27, 2010 (Newsletter)
Seniors’ care rally draws enthusiastic crowd in Duncan last weekend
April 26, 2010 (Newsletter)
Ladysmith care staff raising alarm over contracting out
April 21, 2010 (Newsletter)
Coalition for Better BC rallies in Vancouver
April 10, 2010 (Newsletter)
Lodge on 4th lays off health care workers to make way for contracting out
April 1, 2010 (News Release)
Quality and continuity of care and support for residents jeopardized
Sunridge Place workers find their “true” employer
March 31, 2010 (Newsletter)
BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry announced
January 29, 2010 (Newsletter)
National tour on seniors’ care comes to Burnaby, Kamloops,Victoria this week
January 19, 2010 (News Release)
