HCA: Health Care Assistant

Speak with a health service navigator, who can also connect you with a Registered nurse, Registered dietitian, Qualified exercise professional or Pharmacist

AARP Health provides information on healthy living for people over 50.

Resource links for both consumers and professionals

Promoting and protecting the interests, rights and quality of life of Canadians as we age

Provides information and links on health for seniors.

Public Health Agency of Canada

Information about support programs, legal rights and access to justice for British Columbia seniors

National organization that works for the awareness and prevention of elder abuse

Health Canada plays an active role in ensuring that you have access to safe and effective drugs and health products. The Department strives to maintain a balance between the potential health benefits and risks posed by all drugs and health products.

Learn about your prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines. Includes side effects, dosage, special precautions, and more.

Look up prescription and over-the-counter drug information

We are the BC Nurses' Union. We represent more than 48,000 professional nurses and allied health care workers, providing care in hospitals, long-term care facilities and in the community.

We’re the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). As a health regulator, our legal obligation is to protect the public through the regulation of five distinct professions— licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, and midwives. Regulation allows BCCNM to set standards for nurses and midwives. These standards ensure the public receives safe, competent, and ethical care.

CNA is a powerhouse nursing organization leading the development of health policy across Canada. Representing Canada's 466,000 regulated nurses, across all 13 provinces and territories, we're the only focal point for the profession on the national stage

The Canadian Nursing Students’ Association is the national voice of Canadian nursing students. Our goal is to increase the legal, ethical, professional, and educational aspects which are an integral part of nursing. We are actively dedicated to the positive promotion of nurses and the nursing profession as a whole.

Canadian Public Health Association is the independent voice for public health in Canada with links to the international community

The College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA) regulates the LPN profession in a manner that protects and serves the public. The CLPNA exists to protect Alberta’s healthcare users. Our first responsibility is to the public. Albertans can be confident that LPNs are regulated through the CLPNA’s enactment of government legislation.

The mission of the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association is to improve the health of Indigenous Peoples, by supporting Indigenous Nurses and by promoting the development and practice of Indigenous Health Nursing.

The Association of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia (NNPBC) is the professional association that represents the voice of all four nursing designations in BC – RNs, LPNs, RPNs and NPs.

The Monitoring Seniors Services report focuses on key services in the province (BC) that fall under the Advocate’s legislated mandate

Information about Residential care facilities