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As we did for last year’s Be Care Aware campaign, we have prepared a tool-kit for employers to help raise awareness of workplace safety in your homes.   2017’s Be […]

SafeCare BC and the Alzheimer Society of B.C. announced today that they have expanded their existing partnership agreement to provide more education workshops on dementia for health care providers throughout […]

As the final part of our Safe Resident Handling awareness campaign, SafeCare BC has announced plans to launch a new Safe Resident Handling workshop stream in the Fall. These workshops will span […]

SafeCare BC hosted two safety-focused workshops at the recent 2016 BC Care Providers Association Annual Conference in Whistler. Executive Director David Hurford moderated the workshop titled Reducing the Risk of […]

As a part of SafeCare BC’s safe resident handling awareness campaign and our ongoing commitment to reducing workplace injuries, we recently held the first-ever Safety Den innovation competition at the […]

The BC Care Providers Association’s Annual Conference is the largest annual gathering of long term seniors care employers in our province – and at this year’s event, SafeCare was everywhere! […]

SafeCare BC helped launch the province’s largest seniors care conference on Sunday with the Safety Den – a competition that awarded cash prizes for innovative ideas from care providers that […]

SafeCare BC is pleased to announce our finalists and judges for the Safety Den competition being held on Sunday, May 29 at the BC Care Providers Association Annual Conference in Whistler. […]

On May 9, SafeCare BC hosted our third Violence Prevention workshop of the year in Richmond at Rosewood Manor. The day-long workshop was facilitated by Sheile Mercado-Mallari, RPN and Violence […]

The following article was published by CBC News on April 27, 2016. +++ By Kas Roussy Violence against workers in health-care settings like hospitals, nursing homes and psychiatric environments is an under-reported, ubiquitous […]

On April 28 and 29 SafeCare BC and the Alzheimer Society of B.C. hosted its first two Dementia Care workshops of 2016 at Arrowsmith Lodge in Parksville. The workshop, titled […]

On Friday April 29, SafeCareBC sponsored the Tapestry Foundation’s 13th Annual Geriatric Services Conference: Dialogue on Aging at the Vancouver Convention Centre.  The Conference, which featured keynote speakers Francoise Baylis and Serge […]