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Long Term Care
COVID outbreaks declared in three more care homes in Interior Health
COVID outbreaks have been declared at three more long-term care facilities in the Interior Health…
Participants needed for TRU study on impact of COVID restrictions in care homes
A research team at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops has been busy collecting data as…
Summerland woman helping empower families of seniors in care
It’s been more than a decade since B.C.’s ombudsperson recommended family councils be strengthened in…
90 new long-term care beds to be available in Vernon next year
Vernon residents will soon have greater access to care closer to home with an expansion…
Long term care workers promised severance pay from Westbank First Nation by Friday
On the same day former employees of the Pine Acres long term care home protested…
iN VIDEO: ‘UNFATHOMABLE’: Elderly Kamloops woman shuffled aside at care home
Norma Matheson, at 87 and suffering from Alzheimer’s and cancer, is in the twilight years…
Transit drivers unsung heroes during massive West Kelowna wildfire evacuations
During the 2023 wildfires in the Okanagan last summer season multiple transit bus drivers were…
Kamloops man fighting to get mom with dementia into long-term care
Kamloops resident Stewart Streifel has the power of attorney for his mother who has dementia.…
One woman’s battle for long-term care in Interior Health for elderly family members
A Kamloops woman who battled to find long-term care for three aging parents is warning…