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Providence Health Care (PHC) Adult Guardianship Steering Committee

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Commitment: Long-term

Connection method: Virtual

Open to Fraser – Vancouver Coastal, Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland

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We are seeking a patient or family partner to join the PHC Adult Guardianship Steering Committee.

The newly formed Adult Guardianship Steering Committee provides leadership, oversight, and system-level accountability for the implementation of the Adult Guardianship Act (AGA) within PHC.

The AGA was enacted in 2000 to provide tools to protect adults experiencing abuse, neglect, or self-neglect. PHC has been a Designated Agency (DA) under the Act since 2007 and is responsible for receiving, investigating, and responding to reports, including the use of emergency measures under Section 59 when immediate action is required.

As a member of the steering committee, you will:
• Attend and actively contribute to meetings and decision making from a patient or family perspective.
• Review and interpret data related to AGA interventions.
• Support alignment with organizational and provincial priorities.
• Identify and escalate risks, ethical issues, or emerging practice needs.
• Endorse communications and recommendations submitted to Senior Leadership.

Time Commitment
• 1-hour monthly steering committee meetings (virtual) – 4th Thursday of every month, 2:00-3:00 pm
• Approximately 1 hour per month of additional time to review meeting materials
• 2-year term limit

Honoraria/Expenses
• Recognition of patient partner time will be provided with an honorarium

Interested? Please respond to this posting with the following information:
• What interests you about this engagement opportunity?
• What experience do you bring to this engagement opportunity?
• Any other information you would like to share about yourself and your experience with the project leads!

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Collaborate on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

  • Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
  • Specific health care experiences [details below]
  • Lived or living experience as a patient or family member of someone who as experienced involuntary treatment
Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Vanessa Lewis Practice Consultant, Person & Family-Centred Care, Professional Practice Office | Providence Health Care (778) 879-1238 pfcc@providencehealth.bc.ca

From Our Community

Nancy J. Wood

Patient Partner, Sidney

Nancy J. Wood

I was thrilled to discover the Patient Voices Network, where the array of places to be the voice of a patient is vast and incredibly interesting. Besides my ongoing “gig” with the BC Emergency Medicine Network, I have enjoyed being involved in several one-off initiatives. I love working with professionals who genuinely value the perspectives of their patient partners.