Jo-Ann Tait
Director Elder Care and Palliative Services, Providence Health Care
Jo-Ann is the Program Director for the Elder Care and Palliative Services at Providence Health Care. She has held extensive leadership positions working in seniors care across continuums from point of care nurse, nurse clinician, clinical nurse specialist to site operations leader supporting complex residential care and tertiary mental health. She currently supports a diverse population of people requiring services in acute care, palliative care, rehab, ambulatory clinics, geriatric acute care, residential care, assisted living, hospice and tertiary mental health.
Jo-Ann is an adjunct professor at UBC in the School of Nursing and is a Board Member for the Catholic Health Association of BC. She is a strong visionary in leading systems changes in healthcare and passionate about leading organizational change through people engagement to create a better health care system supporting vulnerable populations.
She is the co-creator of an exciting movement called “Residential Care for Me” using a human-centred design thinking process to revolutionize supporting seniors requiring care and support in our communities. She has travelled through many parts of the world exploring models of care for seniors which has informed the transformational work Providence is leading.
Jo-Ann is the Program Director for the Elder Care and Palliative Services at Providence Health Care. She has held extensive leadership positions working in seniors care across continuums from point of care nurse, nurse clinician, clinical nurse specialist to site operations leader supporting complex residential care and tertiary mental health. She currently supports a diverse population of people requiring services in acute care, palliative care, rehab, ambulatory clinics, geriatric acute care, residential care, assisted living, hospice and tertiary mental health.
Jo-Ann is an adjunct professor at UBC in the School of Nursing and is a Board Member for the Catholic Health Association of BC. She is a strong visionary in leading systems changes in healthcare and passionate about leading organizational change through people engagement to create a better health care system supporting vulnerable populations.
She is the co-creator of an exciting movement called “Residential Care for Me” using a human-centred design thinking process to revolutionize supporting seniors requiring care and support in our communities. She has travelled through many parts of the world exploring models of care for seniors which has informed the transformational work Providence is leading.
