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Food standards, over-medication high on B.C. seniors’ care list of concerns

Office of B.C. Seniors Advocate releases long-term care and assisted-living directory
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The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate released its 2023 long-term care and assisted living directory report this week. (Black Press Media file photo)

Food quality and over-medication in seniors’ care are areas of concern, says B.C.’s seniors advocate.

The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate released its 2023 long-term care and assisted living directory report Wednesday, Dec. 20, and in a press release, stated the proportion of residents taking anti-psychotic medication without a diagnosis of psychosis was 28 per cent, an increase of 3.7

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