A UBC Okanagan professor’s idea to improve quality of life for seriously ill adults is spreading across the country.
UBC researcher Barb Pesut’s tenure as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Health, Ethics, and Diversity has been renewed for a further five years.
Retired baby boomers—professionals looking for something meaningful to do during retirement—might be the answer to helping seniors with chronic illness live independent lives.
A three-year study conducted by researchers at UBC Okanagan has determined that with the help of a trained professional to navigate their health care, chronically ill seniors in rural communities are able to maintain better, healthier lives than those without help.
If UBC’s walls could talk, what would they say?
With increasing numbers of Canadians living with serious chronic illnesses, health care experts are looking for ways to make life easier for them and their caregivers.
Teambuilding grant brings residents and researchers together.
UBC's Okanagan campus has $10 million worth of funded projects