B.C. faces long-term care shortage, and decision to delay facilities is drawing fire | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] James Wolfe, who lives in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, spent the last year and a half looking for a long-term care bed for his 68-year-old brother Brian, who has Down syndrome and non-verbal dementia. Mostly, it involved a back-and-forth with local health administrators. “They are great people,” he said. “They are very compassionate doing their job.” […]
Registration of U.S. nurses in B.C. soars amid recruitment push | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] This summer, Alex Alvarez will pack her belongings and make the 3,500-kilometre trek with her husband, young son and Boston Terrier from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nanaimo, B.C. — a city she’s never visited — to work as a registered nurse. Alvarez is among hundreds of American health-care workers the province says are relocating to […]