Volunteers help seniors complete day-to-day tasks using local funding within the community.
Helping Hands Program Makes Seniors Lives a Little Easier
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Umbrella for Mental Health Support Provides Access to Youth
Multiple initiatives offer solutions to children in need of mental health support.
No Good Food Gone to Waste
Food Banks provided with would-be orchard discards that help those in need.
Psychiatry Telehealth Pilot Program Provides Better Patient Care
Telehealth pilot leads to lower admission rates and faster access to care for psychiatry needs
Local Physician Recruiter Builds Individual Relationships
Successful recruitment and long term retention acheived with a focus on creating a community interests between physicians, existing medical staff, and locals
Locals Look After ‘The Yellow House’ Mental Health Services
Community individuals look after The Yellow House where mental health services are referred from local communities and make good connections with outreach services and the hospital.
Virtual Elder Connect Program and Access to Services
The Elder Connect Program is a web-based platform that provides information on programs and services seniors can access and involves inter-generational connection.
Home Grown Produce Picked and Processed for Community Members in Need
Harvest Share program and community juicing benefits town by supplying those that need it with food and helping local growers with picking crop
Local Physician Uses Community Newspaper as a Voice for Resources
Compelling articles written by local physician to highlight case study resources helps local community
Local Seniors Activities Provide Options for Healthier Lifestyles
Multiple senior-focused facilities offer activities that increase physical activity and social relations.
Local Youth Engagement Strategy is the Start of Something Good
Evolving engagment from community stakeholders continues due to local youth and attendance now includes members of Health Authority.
#masks4all: Multiple Stakeholders Come Together to Prevent COVID-19 in Community
#masks4all collaboration between local physician, MSA and local non-profit group creates and delivers a mask program for COVID-19 prevention in Rossland.
Midwife-led and Team Based Program Provides Wrap Around Care for Families
Expansive Maternal Child Health Program provides care to mothers and families from…
Virtual and Interactive COPD Pilot Program
Successful Virtual COPD education pilot occurs monthly in the community of Ashcroft…
Shared Youth Mental Health Coordinator from VCH and MCFD
Advocating for youth mental health has resulted in additonal resourses for community members, who now have access to a Youth Mental Health Coordinator.
First Nations Community Uses a Trauma Informed Lens for Mental Health in Youth
Community works together to fill gap in mental health care resources and address youth mental health and suicide through prevention, education and including a trauma informed lens.
Community Care Transit Help Locals Attend Urban Appointments
Community Care Transit allows community members to travel to and return from Vancouver, providing direct and reliable access to care.
Unique Patient Discharge Procedure Increases Productivity and Family Satisfaction
Difficult times leads community to create a unique patient discharge procedure, including bringing together families for dischage planning.
Physicians Travel to Aging Patients
Connections to community and patients deepened by physician’s dedication to visiting aging patients closer to home.
Pool of nurses expanded by travelling to community to transport patients via ambulance
If a community is unable to access nursing transport care, a staffing pool has been put into place that will pay to have a nurse sent to the community and then returns home in the ambulance …
Virtual Palliative Care Rounds Provide Exellent Feedback and Support
By hosting virtual palliative care rounds physicians, Community Paramedics, and the medical treatment team are able to refer clients as needed and discuss patient care in an effective manner.
Ashcroft Works With BC Transit, Interior Health and Neighbouring Communites to Make Accessable Transport a Reality
Access to specialist and medical appointments made possible through scuccessful, scheduled BC Transit route traveling from Ashcroft and neighbouring rural communities to Kamloops and back.
Local Government Works With Health Authority to Identify Actual Issues- First Step Towards Solutions!
Health Authority helps bring everyone together to identify overlap in work and identify needs with a societal scan.
Micro Units Provide Residents, Locums and Short Term Vacancy Medical Staff a Place to Stay
Changes in development zone areas allow for innovative use of existing properties and micro housing to provide housing options for locums, residents, Registered Nurse coverage and more.
Local NeuroFit Program Benefits Folks with Neurological Disabilities
Stroke and brain injury clients able to access exceptional care locally, thanks to NeuroFit program.
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