The coordination of evacuation, care plans and medication was epic
When raging wildfires crested the hills above West Kelowna, a small army of healthcare workers began an evacuation of seniors unlike anything British Columbia has ever seen.
The care homes were a mix of public and private, with a variety of patients ranging from long-term elderly suffering cognitive impairment like dementia, to assisted-living clients with walkers and wheelchairs, independent living seniors who have their own apartments and brain-injured seniors who need intensive help and oversight.
“Our staff are rockstars — they are dependable, reliable and resilient when it comes to this type of thing,” said Brown. “This would be definitely stressful to some of that population so that’s why, to the best of our ability, we work with Wildfire Services B.C. and Health Emergency Management B.C. to try and forecast what’s coming,” said Brown.
“Today we had the Sikh temple in Kelowna reach out with transportation offerings,” she said. “Our MLAs are assisting in any way they can. There’s been so much support from areas, it’s unsolicited and we’re grateful for their kindness.”
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