Province announces $4 mil in extra care-aide hours for Burnaby seniors

Seniors in residential care in Burnaby are going to get more help with day-to-day activities thanks to a nearly $4 million increase in care-aide funding for local care homes this year.

Health Minister Adrian Dix and Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA Anne Kang, the parliamentary secretary for seniors, were at New Vista care home in Burnaby Tuesday morning to announce the funding.

Burnaby care home receives provincial funding for new equipment

Burnaby’s New Vista Society is one of 88 care homes across British Columbia to receive funding to purchase new safety equipment, as part of the Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program (or SSQIP, pronounced “SKWIP”) initiative. New Vista Society received $85,517 of the total $2.6 million in provincial funding announced by Minister of Health Adrian Dix during an August 10 event in Vancouver.