Seniors Care
- Taking multiple medications, or polypharmacy, is a risk factor for serious adverse events for our seniors community, especially for frail… read more
- As part of their work on the Residential Care Initiative, South Okanagan Similkameen Division doctors began undertaking meaningful… read more
- Family doctors in communities around BC are working with nurses to provide patient care in both family practice and community settings.… read more
- Surrey-North Delta division and Fraser Health partnership When Adrianne Haynes became a caregiver for her husband Brian – a senior with… read more
- Ridge Meadows Division of Family Practice, Fraser Health, and community agency partnerships Nineteen family doctors in Pitt Meadows and… read more
- Fraser Northwest division and Fraser Health partnership The willingness of health care partners to take a risk and venture outside the… read more
- Chilliwack Division of Family Practice and Fraser Health partnership Despite good intentions, communication and connections between health… read more
- Frail elderly patients living in Fraser Health communities are getting coordinated, comprehensive support in their homes from nurses and… read more
- A pilot project undertaken by the Abbotsford Division of Family Practice demonstrated the valuable role that registered dietitians can play… read more
- In Hope, Boston Bar, and surrounding First Nations communities, geographic barriers and health vulnerabilities can be challenges. However,… read more
- Remote Pemberton-area communities are accessible only by helicopter or unpaved roads, which poses challenges to meeting patient health care… read more
- Moving to a new place can be stressful for anyone, but especially when you are a senior. Diana Hilliard and her husband Joe moved from… read more
- A new health centre in Sidney is taking a team-based approach to care to support more patients with a wide range of medical needs. The… read more
- The Mission Attachment Clinic fills a gap long identified as a priority by local doctors. It helps many of the region’s residents,… read more
- Doctors Nicholas Petropolis and Joelle Bradley of the Fraser Northwest Division of Family Practice have been awarded Above and Beyond… read more
- Dr Tracy Monk is a firm believer in whole-patient care, particularly for seniors struggling with multiple health concerns and mobility… read more
- Dr Josh Greggain of the Chilliwack Division of Family Practice has been awarded the Fraser Health Above & Beyond award for Service… read more
- In Chilliwack, vulnerable patients without a family doctor are getting comprehensive primary care at the Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic (… read more
- East Kootenay Division of Family Practice physicians practising in Cranbrook, Creston, and the Elk Valley (Fernie, Sparwood, and Elkford… read more
- The residential care initiative is expanding province-wide. The initiative is designed to enable physicians to develop local solutions to… read more