Island Voices – Island Talk

B.C. Seniors Advocate Calls for Increased Awareness and Better Co-ordination to Combat the Rising Prevalence of Seniors Abuse and Neglec.t  

  Today, Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie released the results of a systemic review of seniors’ abuse and neglect in British Columbia in a report titled Hidden and Invisible.

Editorial: No easy solutions to the mental health crisis

Can we face the challenges, both moral and practical, of resuming in-patient care in the form of a psychiatric hospital? In the decade since the last patient was discharged from Riverview Psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam, it’s become apparent that the promise of alternate, community-based care has not been met. The ­evidence is all around us….