kim slater, chairperson of the vancouver island association of family councils (viafc), said he’s 100 per cent in agreement with a late 2020 recommendation by isobel mackenzie, b.c.’s seniors advocate , for the ministry of health to work with her office to create a provincewide association of family councils.
slater said a recent story in the vancouver sun about family councils “exposed the tip of a very large iceberg.”
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his involvement with family councils started when his mother went into a home in nearby nanaimo around 2008. his family council was so active it was one of the ones contacted by ombudsperson kim s. carter when she was researching her 2009 report on long-term care that included recommendations on the importance of creating family councils in maintaining the quality of care of residents.
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