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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
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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Guidelines & Regulations

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The Province has introduced a new masking policy for all healthcare workers who provide direct care effective immediately. Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that […]
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Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that masking is just one part of a comprehensive infection prevention and control (IPAC) strategy. To enhance your efforts, […]
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Mahen Ramdharry

Vice-President Health Services
BCGEU

Mahen Ramdharry

Vice-President Health Services
BCGEU
Mahen has worked as a rehabilitation worker, vocational counsellor and health care worker. He believes that unions have an important role to play in translating the voices of workers into concrete actions that build better, safer working conditions and create a strong work-life balance.

Mahen has been a BCGEU member since 1992 when he started working at Riverview Hospital. Since becoming a steward in 1994, he has dedicated over 20 years to improving working conditions on union Joint Labour Management, Grievance Appeal, Equity and Bargaining committees. Mahen has worked countless hours to improve working conditions for Health Services workers within his local community. He served as chair and executive of Local 203 and executive member of Component 2 until the closure of Riverview Hospital in 2014. Then, he moved to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital and joined Component 4.

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