Health Care Aides: The eyes and ears of care
Health Care Aides (HCAs) play a vital role in our health care system, overseeing the daily living of residents in acute, community, and long-term care settings. It’s a job that requires flexibili...
Long-term care
Local artist completes mural at Vanderhoof’s Stuart Nechako Manor long-term care home
Annerose Georgeson, a Vanderhoof-based artist, recently completed a mural for residents in the courtyard at the Stuart Nechako Manor long-term care home. The mural is in recognition of her mother’s ...
Patient partners changing health care for the better: Roxanne Chmelyk
Patient partners play a crucial role in today’s health care, taking part in projects led by health authorities and health organizations that seek to include their perspectives. We all have ...
Music at Rotary Manor: Reckless Love
Thank you to Reckless Love for recently providing music and entertainment for the residents of Rotary Manor in Dawson Creek! Residents physically distanced outside in the courtyard or listened from th...
Improving quality of life for dementia patients in long-term care
There are many forms of dementia. It’s a term that refers to diseases and conditions that impact memory, language, problem-solving, and other thinking skills that affect a person's ability to perfor...
Classic cars parade through Prince George’s long-term care home parking lots
Friday, June 19, 2020, featured great weather in Prince George and incredible classic cars touring the city’s long-term care homes! The cars, which annually visit the facilities the Friday before...
Exceptional care at Gateway Lodge: Compassion, inclusion, and security
I’m sharing this story on behalf of Janet Connelly. Janet worked for Northern Health for 28 years in the Supply Chain Department before retiring in 2015. Since retiring, she’s returned to wor...