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This is your go-to hub for practical insights, stories, and updates on occupational health and safety in healthcare—designed to inform, inspire, and support your journey to safer workplaces.
How civil is your workplace? Your actions and attitude may contribute to workplace incivility – without knowing. On February 24, SafeCare BC’s Workplace Civility webinar took place. Presented by Dr. Heather Cooke, Rhonda Croft, and Trish Giesbrecht, this webinar discussed the importance of civility in the workplace and strategies employers and staff can use to […]
Jennifer Nilsson is inspired by the older adult population and while working on her Master’s in Leadership (Healthcare Specialization) at Royal Roads University, she completed an Organizational Leadership Project with long-term care staff and leaders on person-centred care.
For those living in BC’s Lower Mainland, the winter season can often feel like an extension of autumn. Cold, rainy days are to be expected – large snowstorms are not.
Halfway through January, the winter season is in full force. The layers of fresh snow – while beautiful to look at – bring about new obstacles for workers in the continuing care sector.
With Environment Canada warning the extreme chill of winter will continue to hold BC in its frozen grip this week, SafeCare BC—the non-profit association working to ensure injury-free, safe working conditions for the more than 28,000 continuing care workers in BC—is encouraging its members, workplaces and those visiting loved ones in care to use their ‘snow sense’ in tackling the white and icy stuff over these next few sub-zero days ahead, and throughout the winter.
In 2015, SafeCare BC started the Front-line Communications Working Group in an effort to strengthen the effectiveness of the organization’s communications initiatives, programs, and projects.
A recover-at-work program has huge benefits for injured workers because it reduces the risk of a disability mindset and supports the psychological benefits of working, which include having a routine, feeling productive, and having social connections with co-workers.
Good communication is critical for any relationship. It’s especially important in the workplace. We had a chance to talk with Shannon about the importance of good communication.
Normanna is a 100-resident care home in Burnaby, operated by the non-profit Norwegian Old People’s Home Association. A staff engagement survey made home leaders realize there wasn’t a forum for staff to share their issues and challenges and offer solutions.
Last year, SafeCare BC established a Tailored Outreach Program or TOP for short. There are now 28 organizations participating, representing both long-term care and home care and community health support.
Home to more than 700 seniors, Abbotsford’s Menno Place offers a full range of housing and long-term care options—from independent living to residential complex care.
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