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Vancouver Island to see first publicly-funded ‘dementia village’ in Comox Valley (Jo-Ann Tait, PHC)
A new dementia village in the Comox Valley will be the first publicly funded dementia village on Vancouver Island and the second in B.C. Last year, a similar village was announced on Heather Street in Vancouver.
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On April 1st, the Providence Residential and Community Care Society will take ownership of the St. Joseph's Hospital site. The society plans to work with Island Health and the Ministry of Health to develop this dementia village.
Bookmark/Search this post withThe 1st Vancouver Island dementia village is set to open in Comox (Jo-Ann Tait, PHC)
A new concept for dementia care will be opening in the Comox Valley on the same site as St. Joseph's hospital.
Bookmark/Search this post withDementia village planned for former Comox hospital (Jo-Ann Tait, PHC)
The Providence Residential & Community Care (PRCC) Services Society has unveiled a vision for a dementia village at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox.
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Vancouver Island to get its first publicly funded dementia village (Jo-Ann Tait, PHC)
Vancouver Island’s first publicly funded dementia village — and just the second in BC — is coming to Comox.
Bookmark/Search this post withU.S. doctors have a new opioid addiction treatment in their arsenal — it could be here next (BCCSU)
It wasn't until her heroin addiction landed her inside a jail cell that Lauren Biggerstaff decided to make a change in her life.
Bookmark/Search this post withNew long-term seniors’ care facility will serve Comox Valley
A new seniors’ care facility is expected to open in 2020 to address an increasing need for long-term care in the Comox Valley.
Bookmark/Search this post withComox Valley to receive new residential care facility, but critics say these decisions are taking too long
The B.C. Government announced Wednesday it will build a new long-term residential care facility in the Comox Valley.
Bookmark/Search this post withFirst-of-its kind program aims to stop overdose deaths across B.C. (Dr. Julio Montaner, BC-CfE)
Another tool in the fight against the opioid crisis across B.C. has been unveiled.
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The provincial government has announced a new long-term residential care facility will be built in the Comox Valley.
Bookmark/Search this post with$100 million fundraised in just 23 months for Lions Gate Hospital expansion (New SPH)
Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) Foundation is celebrating a herculean fundraising feat of raising $100 million for a new hospital facility expansion in a 23-month timeline.
Bookmark/Search this post withB.C.'s closer to having two publicly-funded villages for people with dementia (PHC)
Two publicly-funded villages for people with dementia, based on a model that’s already working well in the Netherlands, are coming to B.C.
Bookmark/Search this post withB.C. to launch support plan for drug users modelled after HIV/AIDS strategy (Dr. Julio Montaner, BC-CfE)
British Columbia is rolling out a provincewide initiative modelled after a successful HIV/AIDS strategy aimed at retaining people with opioid-use disorder in treatment.
Bookmark/Search this post withPilot project to combat opioid crisis using HIV-reduction strategies expands across B.C. (Dr. Julio Montaner, BC-CfE)
Following a successful pilot project in Vancouver, an overdose prevention program is now rolling out province-wide.
Bookmark/Search this post with'Good old boring work' can help addicts stay on treatment (Dr. Julio Montaner, BC-CfE)
Following up on opioid users, reminding them to take their medication and keeping track of them as they overdose can double the chances that an addict will stay in treatment, according to a new a new study.
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A first-of-its-kind opioid addiction treatment program, first piloted in Vancouver, will soon roll out across the rest of the province as B.C. grapples with nearly 2,800 overdose deaths since 2017.
Bookmark/Search this post withLegalization sparks boom in once-stigmatized field of marijuana research (BCCSU)
Dr. Mark Ware has devoted the past 20 years of his career to studying marijuana, and he can remember some “dark, lean” periods when he had to fight for meagre funding.
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Dr. Mark Ware has devoted the past 20 years of his career to studying marijuana, and he can remember some “dark, lean” periods when he had to fight for meagre funding.
Bookmark/Search this post withRichmond chefs’ tasty creations fundraise for health care (FOF, SPH)
Dozens of charity galas sweep through the Lower Mainland every winter, so what makes guests decide to spend their hard-earned money attending an extravagant dinner?
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