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Motor vehicle incidents are among the leading causes of traumatic workplace injuries and fatalities in BC. The Safe Driving for Work Checklist has been developed to help employers and their workers take proactive steps to manage driving-related risks. This checklist serves as a practical guide to reinforce safe driving practices and is designed to be used before, during, and after each trip.
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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
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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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Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR), Part 5: Chemical Agents and Biological Agents – Emergency Planning came into effect on February 3, 2025. Changes include additional requirements to minimize the risk, likelihood, and harm caused by an emergency involving hazardous substances.   Hazardous substances include biological, chemical or physical hazards that may reasonably […]
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WorkSafeBC has acknowledged an error in calculating the 2025 insurance premiums that are paid by our two member employer groups–those providing community health support services (classification unit 766006) and those in long-term care (classification unit 766011).
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Safety Huddle

Dementia Education - Setting the Stage

Learn to describe how dementia can change a person’s brain and explain why the strategies shown in the video are effective.

Instructions

  • Before the huddle, choose a video from the Set the Stage YouTube playlist. These short, animated videos offer practical tips for working with a person living with dementia and any of them can be used with this huddle.
  • Start the huddle by showing staff members your chosen video. Then, using the guiding questions, facilitate a discussion about the video and the strategies it provided.

After this huddle staff should be able to:

  • Describe how dementia can change a person’s brain.
  • Explain why the strategies shown in the video are effective.
  • Apply the strategies shown in the video to improve their interactions with people living with dementia.

Notes to the huddle leader

  • This safety huddle should be offered to all staff who interact with care recipients living with dementia. This includes support staff such as housekeeping, laundry, food services, maintenance, janitorial, recreation, and dietary.
  • Encourage staff to discuss how these strategies can benefit their own health, safety, and wellbeing. For example, consider how the strategies can help staff build trust, foster positive interactions, and support care recipients
    who are demonstrating responsive behaviours.

Guiding Questions

  • What were your key take-aways from this video?
  • Which strategies shown in the video do you already use? Do they work? How could you improve your approach?
  • Which strategies shown in the video are new to you? How could y ou incorporate them into your work?
  • What are the benefits of taking extra time to use the strategies shown in the video?
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Families and continuing care providers work together to provide good quality, person-centred care for people living with dementia – yet sometimes, this experience is marked by frustration or resistance on both sides. A new video produced by SafeCare BC and the Alzheimer Society of B.C. explores the challenges and successes of caring for people living […]
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Dementia can affect behaviour and mood - but the care for persons with dementia aims to achieve the same goals - whether at home or in long-term care - safety for the person, family, and caregivers.
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People living with dementia can experience changes in how they understand and process language, which can affect how they communicate.
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This SafeCare BC safety huddle provides guidance on how to utilize your Joint Occupational Health and Safety (JOHS) Committee to improve workplace safety. Learn how to report safety hazards, understand the role of the JOHS committee, and find JOHS resources. Ideal for healthcare workers and safety training.
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A strong organizational culture fosters employee engagement, collaboration, and productivity, while a weak or toxic culture can lead to dissatisfaction and high turnover.
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Learn about what bullying and harassment is and when to report it.
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Learn to recognize feeling unsettled, use effective self-settling strategies in situations self-setting may be helpful.
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Safety huddles are important because they focus on improving staff safety by creating solutions and opportunities to communicate, helping build a culture of safety, encouraging positive change within the workplace, and providing staff with a chance to share important information.
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People living with dementia can experience changes in how they understand and process language, which can affect how they communicate.
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Learn to follow proper hand washing procedures.
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Working with clients or residents and their families is not always easy. You may not be able to control how others act, but you can control how you respond.
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