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Expect more troubling reports to come to light at B.C. seniors homes
Retirement Concepts is the largest private long term care company in B.C. and has the…
Seniors-only hours: More stores respond to their most vulnerable customers
In an effort to protect some of the most vulnerable people in society from the…
How this Kamloops retirement community is keeping residents connected during COVID-19
For the seniors stuck in a facility where they can’t see their family or dine…
iN VIDEO: Opera singer serenades Vernon seniors from parking lot
Vernon residents living around the area of the Columbus Court apartment complex received a musical…
iN VIDEO: Opera Kelowna launches Sidewalk Serenades
While this year's operatic season may be on hold due to pandemic, Opera Kelowna is…
Car clubs in Kamloops planning ‘moving car show’ for isolated Kamloops seniors
Hot rods and vintage cars will be on display throughout Kamloops next week as part…
Issues boiling over at Cranbrook seniors home after resident sexually assaulted despite staff warnings
There were plenty of warning signs that one of the residents at a Cranbrook long-term…
As society reopens, Vernon seniors flock to the park, not restaurants, to see friends
"I miss hugs," says one senior sitting in a camping chair with a group of…
Fear of retaliation keeping people from speaking about issues in B.C.’s long-term care homes
“I just hate being this afraid, even after my mother’s gone.” Those are the words…
Seniors advocates are pushing for permission to visit loved ones in long term care homes
More than two months of having long term care residents isolated from their families is…
Petition calls on federal government to take control of long term care homes
A Nanaimo group fighting for the rights of seniors has started a campaign to have…
Speaking up for long term care residents almost cost this woman her home
Dianna Green has spent the last 14 years living in the Joseph Creek Care Village…
It’s too late for this pandemic isolated long-term care patient but his wife fights on for others
It’s like a “switch flipped” for many residents in B.C. long-term care homes four months…
New poll suggests long term care will be an election issue
A Research Co. poll suggests 79 per cent of British Columbians say long term care…
If B.C. finally changes visitation rules in long term care homes, it may come from this survey
More than 13,000 people have responded to B.C. Senior Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s survey of life…