News Items tag as: Long Term Care

One woman’s battle for long-term care in Interior Health for elderly family members
May 18, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A Kamloops woman who battled to find long-term care for three aging parents is warning others to prepare years in advance for the care of their declining loved ones.
Kamloops man fighting to get mom with dementia into long-term care
April 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Kamloops resident Stewart Streifel has the power of attorney for his mother who has dementia.
Transit drivers unsung heroes during massive West Kelowna wildfire evacuations
March 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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During the 2023 wildfires in the Okanagan last summer season multiple transit bus drivers were put on the frontlines to help evacuate the residents of long-term care facilities like the evacuation of West Kelowna's Brookhaven Care Centre.
Summerland woman helping empower families of seniors in care
April 16, 2022 - 6:00 AM

It’s been more than a decade since B.C.’s ombudsperson recommended family councils be strengthened in care homes and enshrined in legislation.
COVID outbreaks declared in three more care homes in Interior Health
January 13, 2022 - 11:09 AM

COVID outbreaks have been declared at three more long-term care facilities in the Interior Health region.
Massive months-long COVID outbreak in Kelowna care home now under control
November 04, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Cottonwoods Care Home in Kelowna is in its fourth month but health officials are confident that it’s now under control.
Survey says that Canadians have lost faith in long-term care in wake of COVID-19
July 26, 2021 - 10:15 AM

COVID-19 cast a shadow over long-term care facilities across Canada, prompting more people to demand changes to address the losses of life and persistent isolation residents of these facilities experienced as the pandemic wore on.
Interior Health ending oversight role at Summerland long-term care home
July 13, 2021 - 3:00 PM

After almost 17 months of being under the supervision of an administrator appointed by Interior Health, Summerland Seniors Village will now be run by its private operator.
Long-term care homes in B.C. soon returning to almost normal
July 08, 2021 - 3:31 PM

Just as much of the province reopened from COVID-19 restrictions on July 1, long-term care homes are following suit on July 19.
Kelowna woman refuses to give up on investigation into mother's care in home
June 23, 2021 - 6:30 AM

As if it wasn’t enough for Bev Ambler to give up her job as a care aid in order to rescue her mom from a care home during COVID, now she’s being stymied in her efforts to discover why no one told her what really happened in that home.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
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