Older Adults

older adults

This project aims to enhance the access and continuity of care for older adults with chronic co-morbidities by improving methods of team-based communication and knowledge exchange between family and specialist physicians and other health care providers. 

DID YOU KNOW? 

  • Evolved from a Transitions in Care project 
  • Collaborated with Interior Health to start the Seniors Health and Wellness Centre

GET INVOLVED

Project Lead: Laura Becotte
Physician Leads: Dr. Phil Sigalet and Dr. Smita Varma

 

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Kootenay Boundary introduces new tools for chronic pain patients and healthcare providers

Trail Times: Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice announced that it has launched a new set of tools to support patients living with chronic pain. Patients and their healthcare providers can now easily access information on referrals, services, education, self-management support, and more. These have been developed as part of the Kootenay Boundary Shared Care Chronic Pain Project, with the input and guidance of local physicians, allied health care practitioners, and patient partners living with chronic pain.

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The Divisions of Family Practice acknowledge that we work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many different Indigenous Nations throughout British Columbia.

Acknowledging that we are on the traditional territories of Indigenous communities is an expression of cultural humility and involves recognizing our duty and desire to support the provision of culturally safe care to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in BC.