Profile of DR BC Membership Chair Lyne England

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Lyne England

Membership Chair
Candidate - Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Phone: 250 658-8593

Marylyne (Lyne) England has worked in the nursing profession for most of her adult life first working as a Care Aide, then as a Licensed Practical Nurse and later as a Registered Nurse. She went from care giving in numerous applications to supervising many Home Support Care Givers in the Oak Bay area as a supervisor for a large Home Support Agency. During this period she began teaching for Camosun College on an as required basis.

When the Home Support Agency closed due to Regionalization her service expanded further as a Teacher/Instructor of Home Support Resident Care Attendants at Camosun College until her retirement in March 2005. Her duties with College Students included accompanying and supervising them in many of the health care and extended care facilities in Oak Bay and the South Vancouver Island area.

A few of the observations and concerns expressed by Lyne are;

The deterioration of Health Care throughout the province is unacceptable.
Hospital wait lists are too long
Seniors are waitlisted for placement too long.
Staffing levels have not kept pace with the increased acuity of care levels.
Home Care services have been cut.
Funding for Home Support has been reduced.
The costs of prescription drugs are too high for many seniors.
The Facility Service Contracts for dietary requirements are sadly lacking.
The Contracted Housekeeping Services are unacceptable.
The retention of trained Health Care Professionals is critical and deleted full time positions should be re-instated.

Lyne is passionate about all phases of Health Care. She sees and recognizes the problems and feels that Democratic Reform BC can make a difference.