Emergency preparedness is an important requirement for long-term care and assisted living providers to ensure that they are able to provide a safe environment for residents.
This section provides guidance for leaders and administrators of long-term care and assisted living facilities in developing and maintaining emergency management and response plans. It includes hazard-specific tools and emergency planning tools and templates.
This section provides long-term care and assisted living operators with actions to take to provide a safe environment for residents (hereby referred to as “residents”) as well as staff during a heat event.
This section provides long-term care and assisted living operators with actions to take to provide a safe environment for residents and tenants (hereby referred to as “residents”) as well as staff during the winter season.
This section provides long-term care and assisted living operators with several templates and resources that can assist in developing a site emergency plan.
The Inter- and Intra-Health Authority Relocation (IIHAR) toolkit includes tools and resources that facilitate resident relocation from a site or community-level event, through all stages of preparation, evacuation, transportation, reception and repatriation.
For resources that staff and others may find useful to use in their own homes, please visit the Government of BC's website.
This material is for licensed care facilities and assisted living providers purposes only. Not for further distribution without written authorization.