Action for Reform

of Residential Care Association (ARRCBC)



Quality of Life in Long-term Care - What Will It Take?



Hear the radio interview with Dr. Penny MacCourt, ARRBC Chair, speaking about the development and ongoing work of ARRC. Penny was a featured guest on Senior Moments, a CFIS radio show (93.1 FM) broadcast from Prince George and hosted by Dawn Hemingway, an ARRC leadership team member
Listen Here: Seniors Moments Interview



A Webinar facilitated by ARRC (Action for Reform of Residential Care) B.C.

September 17, 2024


All Webinars 7.00 - 8:00 pm
Date Topic Presenter Description
Sept 17 Reducing Medications to Meet Life's Changes Dr. Wade Thompson This webinar will talk about "deprescribing" in long-term care. Deprescribing is the process of stopping or reducing medications. It can be considered when medications might be causing harm, are no longer necessary, or don't fit with what matters most to residents and care partners. The objectives of the webinar are: 1) Understand when and why it makes sense to reduce or stop medications 2) Gain tools, skills, and confidence to ask questions and get involved in medication decisions
Wade is a pharmacist practising in long-term care in Vancouver and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. He is a co-lead of deprescribing.org and a member of the Therapeutics Initiative. His work focuses on supporting clinicians and residents/care partners in making medication decisions.

Click here to access the slides Dr. Wade presentation slides



Issues


Following are some of the issues ARRCBC is concerned about and will be addressing through advocacy


  • COVID-19 has exposed degradation of care to seniors and instability of the workforce
  • Privatization and deregulation have eroded the care seniors receive
  • Government-funded profit-making LTC facilities profit at a cost to seniors, front-line workers and taxpayers
  • Working short staffed has become routine
  • The number of direct-care hours per resident is neither standardized nor regulated
  • LTC facilities aren’t accountable for how direct-care funding is spent
  • Government-funded profit-making LTC facilities profit by not providing the number of hours of direct care for which they are funded
  • Front line staff are under-payed and over-worked - leading to high turn-over and employment in multiple facilities
  • Food, laundry and other services are often contracted out to the lowest bidder
  • There isn’t an effective monitoring system to identify sub-standard care in LTC facilities, nor enforceable consequences
  • Family members/councils are often the first to identify inadequate care but don’t know how to complain or are intimidated



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