Residential Care

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This initiative is designed to address challenges by enabling physicians to achieve five best practices and develop local solutions to improve care of patients in residential care homes. The five best practices are: 24/7 coverage and on site attendance; proactive visits; meaningful medication reviews; key patient documentation; and annual case conferences.
 

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Project Lead: Laura Becotte
Physician Working Group: Dr. Phil Sigalet,
Dr. Doug Hamilton, Dr. Andrew Wynne,
Dr. Selena Lawrie
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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.