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Sept 12, 2019 – Aboriginal Patient Navigators with Vancouver Coastal Health

Sept 12, 2019 – Aboriginal Patient Navigators with Vancouver Coastal Health

The Aboriginal Patient Navigators are part of Vancouver Coastal Health’s Aboriginal Health team and work in the acute care sites.   The team will be talking about their roles in the hospital setting as part of the acute care team.  They will discuss how they provide not only traditional and cultural support to Indigenous patients and […]

Sept 17, 2019 – Gitxsan Health Society Dementia Research: Enriching Care for Gitxsan First Nations Elders with Dementia through Culturally Relevant, Place-based Learning for their Families, Communities and Nurses

Sept 17, 2019 – Gitxsan Health Society Dementia Research: Enriching Care for Gitxsan First Nations Elders with Dementia through Culturally Relevant, Place-based Learning for their Families, Communities and Nurses

  Direct care nurses identified that increasing an understanding about dementia was needed by both health authority and band employed nurses to better support the individuals with the disease and the community caring for the people with the disease. Join us to hear about their journey and how they worked with multiple partners to embed […]