It might feel like the middle of winter, but Interior Health's Healthy Communities team is hard at work helping communities prepare for the extreme heat of summer.
As COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to increase, Interior Health plans to streamline its immunization campaign with new clinic locations. Over the coming weeks, the COVID-19 vaccine appointments will move from mass immunization clinics to pharmacies and IH health centres.
Family Caregivers of BC explains how caregivers can mobilize informal respite to make their role easier.
We understand the importance of relationships in our lives and the need for strong support networks. Establishing a circle of caring people or support network has been a strategy used by people in diverse cultural traditions all around the world for many years. A circle of care is especially important for someone who might be vulnerable because of health and social concerns.
Name: Carmen Gauthier (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Patient Registration and Switchboard Operator
Years of Service: 4 years
Worksite: Elk Valley Hospital
Community: Fernie
Ancestral Territory: Ktunaxa
Advice to live by: If you're happy and you know it, share the love.
Life has changed in some way for everyone since the COVID-19 pandemic began. For those who work in health care, those changes have been felt both at home and at work.
In late 2020, Interior Health put together a team of nine pandemic health coordinators, who coordinate supports for people who need extra assistance to self-isolate due to COVID-19. To date, the team has supported more than 2,300 people to isolate safely.
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Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has just hired 28 brand new nurses, a few of whom haven't even graduated yet.
It's part of an ongoing effort to increase the numbers of nursing staff in communities where they're needed most.
“Royal Inland Hospital is a great partner and has employed many graduates in the past. We are pleased that they have streamlined the hiring process which allows nursing students to know they will have a job prior to graduation,” says Rani H. Srivastava, Dean of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University.
Researchers at the Interior Health Clinical Research Department would like to better understand the safety and effectiveness if a different COVID-19 vaccine product is used for the third dose.
Interior Health is taking a phased approach to resume services that were temporarily paused last month due to COVID-19. The service adjustments, announced Jan. 18, were implemented to preserve safe and reliable access to patient care across the Interior region.
