B.C. seniors’ advocate to probe deadly violence among residents at care homes
VICTORIA — The deaths of 16 elderly people in three years along with hundreds of aggressive incidents at residential care facilities has prompted British Columbia’s seniors’ advocate to launch a review of resident-on-resident violence.
Isobel Mackenzie said Wednesday that data available for the first time shows there were as many as 550 incidents of violence between residents that caused injuries at B.C. care facilities in 2014-2015.
LISTEN: Isobel Mackenzie interview with Radio Anchor James Peters