Interior Health Authority - UBC Okanagan
Interior Health is divided into four health service areas (HSA)
- East Kootenay
- Kootenay Boundary
- Okanagan
- Thompson Cariboo
| Area population | 717,545 (16.7% of BC's population) |
| Median age : | 42.4 years |
| Proportion of residents 65+ | Okanagan - 19.8% Kootenay Boundary - 17.2% Thompson Cariboo - 14.6% East Kootenay - 14.6% |
| by age group | 65-69 - 4.7% 70-74 - 4.2% 75-79 - 3.6% 80-84 - 2.5% 85+ - 2.2% |
| Number of residential care beds | 4,427 |
| Number of acute care sites | 35 |
News and Events in the Interior Region
Congratulations to BCNAR members…
Alan Davidson, Colin Reid, Craig Mitton, Anne-Marie Broemeling, Paul Hasselback and Tom Fulton, for receipt of a MSFHR Team Planning Award. The focus of this collaboration between UBC Okanagan and Interior Health is the improvement of decision making regarding programs and services for the frail elderly ($37,000).
Current Aging-Related Research Projects
Colin Reid, Carole Robinson, Heather Cooke – Outcomes Evaluation for Residents in Dementia Cottages
Colin Reid, Anne-Marie Broemeling – An Evaluation of Homecare Services Using Home Care Quality Indicators
Member Research Areas in the Interior Region
- Aboriginal Senior Wellness
- Housing & the Built Environment
- Chronic Disease Prevention
- Mental Health & Aging
- Cognition & Aging Older
- Adults & Acute Care
- Elder-Friendly Communities
- Population Health
- Ethnicity & Long-term Care
- Quality of Life
- Falls Prevention
- Quality of Care
- Healthy Aging
- Social Determinants of Health
- Health Service Utilization
- Socio-cultural Context of Dementia
Health Programs Pertaining Aging
- Falls Prevention
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Dementia Care
- Hospice Palliative Care Services
- Kamloops Seniors Outreach Services Society
- Kelowna Seniors Outreach Services Society
- Westside Health Network Society
Institutional Links
- Faculty of Health & Social Development UBC Okanagan
- IHA Research & Evaluation Department
- Interior Health Authority (IHA)
- Interior Health P.E.O.P.L.E 30 Population Projections
- Thompson Rivers University – Aging and Health Research Centre
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