In an endeavor to support essential jobs in Vancouver, BC, The Government is Funding a Program to train Health Care Assistants (HCA) in August 2022. The program will make it accessible for students with no prior work experience to find a job in the health care sector. You can register for the program if you’re a citizen, permanent resident, or refugee in Canada and don’t have a full-time job. To sign up for the program, you will need to show proof/ test results for your language qualification. The benefits of the program include:  It will be free of charge for qualified applicants it can be completed within twenty-three weeks after registering, one can start working within a year program graduates can earn up to $27/hour as an HCA If you would like to apply for the course starting from August 29th, please call us at 604-738-0285 or email register@gwcollege.ca. Alternatively, you can find our booth at the Maple Ridge Career and Post-Secondary Education Event. The final day for applying is August 26th, 2022. For more information about this program or our other services, contact Gateway College. As a leading health care assistant college in Vancouver, BC, we empower our students with...Read More

Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates are all types of health care assistants (HCAs). In B.C., HCAs who work in hospitals and facilities are known as care aides. They assist nurses, doctors, hospital and facility staff in the basic care of patients. Read MoreRead More

B.C.’s COVID-19 Immunization Plan is designed to save lives and stop the spread of COVID-19. The information on this page is updated frequently and is subject to change based on vaccine availability and the latest COVID-19 data. Read MoreRead More

As we age we lose lean body mass (i.e., muscles) consequently, our calorie requirements decline. Yet our vitamin and mineral requirements remain the same, in fact sometimes they increase. That means the foods we eat must be energy dense – so every bite is loaded with vitamins and minerals. Eating toast and tea isn’t enough, and can contribute to malnutrition. Read MoreRead More

Food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness or food-related illness) is caused by eating food that has been contaminated by bacteria, viruses or parasites. Read MoreRead More

Anyone can fall, but the risk of falling becomes greater with age. There are a number of simple steps you can take in and around your home to help prevent falls and the injuries caused by falling. Read MoreRead More

Nurses in B.C. are calling for more support for frontline workers as a new variant of COVID-19 is found in B.C. The variant strain was detected by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control when monitoring travellers in B.C. who may have come from the U.K. Christine Sorensen, president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union, believes this new variant will compound staffing issues. Read MoreRead More

The BC Seniors Living Association (BCSLA) is calling on the province to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed in an equitable way, not only to seniors in assisted living and long-term care facilities but also to those in independent living. BCSLA CEO Lee Coonfer told Global News that earlier in the pandemic, independent living facilities were seemingly forgotten for government funding as the virus rampaged through long-term care centres. Read MoreRead More

On the day the first British Columbian received a vaccination against COVID-19, a poll shows that two-thirds of people in the province say they will step up and get the jab. “The question that needs to be asked is not are you going to (get the vaccine), but why wouldn’t you,” said Wesley Lewin of Maple Ridge. Read MoreRead More

A recent study by the British Columbia Nurses Union and the UBC School of Nursing, found that 40 percent of the province’s nurses are struggling with severe depression.The study also revealed that as a result of the pandemic, 60 percent of nurses are showing signs of burnout.“We know 85 percent of our nurses are seriously concerned about bringing this virus home,” said Christine Sorensen, president of the British Columbia Nurses Union, or BCNU. Read MoreRead More