Seniors Care Project
Everyone deserves to age and die with dignity
The Seniors Project works for policy changes to ensure that BC seniors can age and die with dignity, and to improve conditions for family members and health care workers. We believe that seniors should be at the centre of decisions about their own care, as well as the public policy decisions that affect them.
Centering seniors’ decisions about their own care
- The Remaining Light documentary
- B.C. Ombudsperson’s investigation
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BC government response to Ombudsperson’s report seriously inadequate: seniors care expert
(Vancouver) BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter’s report on the crisis in seniors care, released Wednesday, provides “an extraordinarily thorough, precise and do-able roadmap for rebuilding BC’s…
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The Remaining Light Screening Kit
Download 3.89 MB This screening kit provides background information and a facilitator’s discussion guide for The Remaining Light, a documentary film about how we care…
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Towards an Enhanced and More Accessible Home Support System for BC’s Seniors
Download 551.09 KB18 pages Home support services improve quality of life for frail seniors and people with chronic conditions or disabilities, and help prevent their…
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Message to Health Minister: Enough with the numbers game – it’s time to deal with serious problems in seniors’ care
With an election on, it’s no surprise that the provincial government is claiming success on everything from the environment to the economy. But one area…
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An Uncertain Future for Seniors
BC’s Restructuring of Home and Community Care, 2001-2008 Download 1.36 MB73 pages This major study finds that BC’s home and community health care system is…
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Innovations in Community Care
From Pilot Project to System Change Download 782.56 KB61 pages This paper highlights positive examples of what is working well in home and community care…
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Province falls short on promise of 5,000 long-term care beds, seniors’ access to home and residential care drops: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–A major study released today finds that BC’s home and community health care system is in serious decline — the…
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A home support worker on an Uncertain Future for Seniors
https://vimeo.com/4153703 Accesible, high-quality care for seniors : this issue touches everyone at some point in their lives — seniors receiving health services, people caring for…
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A geriatric physician on an Uncertain Future for Seniors
A geriatric physician on an Uncertain Future for Seniors Accesible, high-quality care for seniors: this issue touches everyone at some point in their lives —…
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Will an aging population bring BC’s health care system to its artificial knees?
One argument you are likely to hear in BC’s new “conversation on health” is that public health care is unsustainable because our population is aging…
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From Support to Isolation
The High Cost of BC’s Declining Home Support Services Download 397.23 KB56 pages Attachments Summary: From Support to Isolation: The High Cost of BC’s Declining…
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Reduced access to home support leaving frail seniors isolated
Health system missing key preventive means to postpone and avoid more costly care READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–Reduced access to publicly-funded home support means…
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