B.C. Opening 18 Long-Term Involuntary Care Beds in Metro Vancouver

Hayat Pharmacy deploys community nurses to increase access to care

Mara Ahmad goes to patients homes to deliver long-acting injectables for patients who are living with mental health conditions.

Involuntary Care Centre in Metro Vancouver Ready to Admit First 6 Patients, Province Says

B.C.’s first involuntary care centre for people outside the criminal justice system is set to start admitting patients this month, the government says. Alouette Homes, in the Vancouver suburb of Maple Ridge, will have 18 new involuntary care beds and receive patients with severe mental health disorders, addictions, and brain injuries, according to Health Minister Josie Osborne. The facility could take in its first six patients in early July and …

B.C. to open 18 long-term involuntary care beds in Metro Vancouver

The beds are for people needing involuntary long-term therapeutic care outside the justice system under the Mental Health Act, according to the health minister.

B.C. officially opens involuntary treatment beds on grounds of Alouette correctional facility

The new facility will not serve those already within the jail but rather be used to care for patients admitted under Mental Health Act.

B.C. opens new long-term involuntary care beds in Metro Vancouver

The 18 beds are designed for people needing care under the Mental Health Act, Health Minister Josie Osborne says

Involuntary treatment facility in Maple Ridge, B.C. could take 1st patients this month

The Alouette Homes in Maple Ridge is equipped with 18 beds and will take patients with 'severe and persistent mental-health disorders, often combined with other challenges.'