Join our partners at Action for Reform of Residential Care BC (ARRC BC) in their advocacy efforts to reform Long-Term-Care in BC:
BC Association of Social Workers

Seniors Week is a time to recognize and celebrate seniors in B.C. but we also need to recognize the continued plight of our most vulnerable seniors living in long- term care (LTC) homes. The need for reform of the LTC system remains urgent as resident quality of life continues to be compromised by staffing issues, the lack of continuity of care and little meaningful activity. You can change this.

ARRC has partnered with the BC Association of Social Workers on a campaign to improve quality of life for residents in long-term care (LTC) through comprehensive system reform. [Note: campaign now closed.]

Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) report - Aging with Dignity - released March 16, 2023.

DSS is proud to release the finding of their 2022-2023 needs assessment on 2SLGBTQIA+ Seniors in B.C. The report includes 25 recommendations to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ Seniors in B.C.

Join Dignity Seniors Society and BC Care Providers Association Sunday July 18, 2021 for a fun game of Bocce Ball. Meet the two organizations, celebrate pride, and make new friends in a place where we remember old friends, the Vancouver AIDS Memorial.

You'll have a chance to talk to us about the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ seniors in care, and help us guide our advocacy effort to reform residential care in BC to improve the experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors in care.

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YOUR HOST. Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) is a B.C. based organization that strives to provide unique, tailored information and programming that meet the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ Seniors in our gender, sexually and romantically diverse communities. Our vision is that all 2SLGBTQ+ seniors in BC enjoy fulfilling later years and a dignified end to life. …

Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) is advocating for the reform of B.C. long term care facilities and supports the ARRC BC report. Read the ARRC Report here and see DSS’ position paper on pp. 71-72.

Action for Reform of Residential Care (ARRC), 2021, Improving quality of life in long term care: A way forward

Abstract: this paper explores the following:

• Our current situation in long term care (LTC) including quality of facility care, staffing, and resources
• What contributes to quality of care / quality of life (QoL), how staffing / routine impacts this
• How well policy, regulation, and monitoring processes support quality of life in LTC.
• Recommendations for a paradigm shift that detail a model of care, staffing requirements, work force stabilization, standards/monitoring processes that address residents’ and families’ need for QoL.

The Board of the Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) sends their love and support to the Muslim community and survivors of the Afzaal and Salman families, after the hateful and heinous attack that took place in London, Ontario. A hate motivated attack on any minority group deeply affects all minorities in Canada. We are committed to standing together to fight hatred and ignorance and build better communities that can value diversity and inclusion. Support for any Seniors affected by this tragedy can be found through The BC Muslim Association.