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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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WorkSafeBC’s healthcare and social services planned inspection initiative focuses on high-risk activities in the workplace that lead to serious injuries and time-loss claims.
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WorkSafeBC is releasing a discussion paper with proposed amendments to the Current Rehabilitation Services and Claims Manual that guide wage rate decisions related to short-term and long-term disability compensation. Recommended amendments include: These changes may affect your claims costs. Click here to view the proposed changes and offer feedback to WorkSafeBC – The deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, […]
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We asked and you answered – thank you for taking our member survey

May 10, 2023

We asked you to tell us what you think, and you did. More than 1,000 people responded to our annual member. Thank you. Your feedback helps us understand the health and safety issues that are important to you, so we can create education and resources that are meaningful. We are analyzing all the responses, and in the coming weeks will share the results.

In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at some of the results:

Top 3 health and safety concerns

  • Mental health and well-being of staff – 54%
  • Fatigue and overexertion due to workload – 43%
  • Client or resident responsive behaviours toward staff – 29%

Health and safety topics people want to learn more about

  • Psychological health and safety – 60%
  • Dementia care – 39%
  • Musculoskeletal injury prevention – 35%

We had some prizes to thank people for participating. And here are the lucky winners.

$50 gift card

  • Nadine Brown
  • Simrin Sandhu
  • Beth McLucas
  • Kumar Bandyo

Hearts and Hands conference ticket

  • Sharon Hughes
  • Rini Davies
  • Ina Heunis

Free SafeCare BC online course

  • Benjie Del Mundo Iaya
  • Dimpy Dsouza
  • Jaime Lock

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