Board Members
ACR is governed by a Board of Directors made up of caring
individuals who volunteer their energy, expertise, and enthusiasm on behalf
of residents in long-term care in British Columbia. Each member of our
Board is dedicated to improving the welfare of residents living in care
homes in our province.
• Kathleen
Hamilton, Co-President/Secretary
• Dan
Fairchild, Board Member
• Ray
Roland, Treasurer
• JoAnn
Perry, Co-President
• Lyne England, Board Member
Kathleen Hamilton,
Co-President/Secretary
Kathleen Hamilton is a retiree of the Public Service of Canada, where
she worked for more than 32 years in Personnel and Human Resource Management.
An active volunteer, Kathleen dedicates her time to helping make a difference
for a number of organizations. In addition to her role as Co-President,
Kathleen’s work with ACR has included participating as a member
of the Advocacy Committee and the Newsletter Committee. She is a volunteer
on the St. Vincent’s Langara Family Council and is currently a member
of the Langara New Staffing Model Implementation Committee.
Kathleen also has previous experience as a Board Member for the Social
Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC) and as a volunteer
for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA). For VCHA, she participated
as a Community Reference Group Member to provide input on matters concerning
changes in the delivery of certain aspects of community health care, and
as part of a focus group study to review the training of home care workers
in dementia care.
Kathleen is a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and also holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of British
Columbia. She is a member of the Parkinson Society British Columbia, the
Caregivers Association of BC, and the Caregiver Network.
Dan Fairchild,
Board Member
Dan Fairchild is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Now retired, his career
has included 23 years working in the state of Florida providing therapeutic
services to children and families for the Miami-Dade County Department
of Youth and Family Development. He also maintained a private practice
in Clinical Psychology in Florida for 20 years.
Dan moved to Vancouver in 2000 and since then has been an active volunteer.
In addition to his work with ACR, Dan is currently a Board Member with
the Crossreach Adult Daycare Center for Seniors in Vancouver. He has also
been a volunteer with the Vancouver International Film Festival Trade
Forum for the past five years, and has served as a volunteer for the Vancouver
Sun Run for the past two years.
Dan has been a member of numerous professional associations, including
the
American Psychological Association, the National Register of Health Care
Providers in Psychology, the American Academy of Psychotherapists and
the Society of Psychologists in Management.
Dan is a graduate of the University of Miami and holds a PhD in Clinical
Psychology.
Ray Roland, Treasurer
Ray has volunteered his financial expertise to ACR as a Board Member and Treasurer since 2005.
Following a 35 year career with The Royal Bank of Canada, Ray contracted as a sales and service
representative for the Dept. of Finance Canada for 10 years and now acts as an officer and director
of several public companies.
Ray holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University.
JoAnn Perry,
Co-President
JoAnn Perry is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the
University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also a Co-investigator at
the Center for Research on Personhood in Dementia Care, funded by the
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. JoAnn is a Registered Nurse
and holds a PhD in Nursing, with a focus on aging, from the University
of Washington.
JoAnn has taught care of the elderly for 25 years at UBC and in various
programs in Canada and the United States. Her interest in gerontology,
particularly in the care of elderly persons with dementia and their family
members, focuses on generating new knowledge and connecting research with
practice. There are two main streams to JoAnn’s scholarship in this
area: one is the experience of the family caregiver and the other is the
care of people who have dementia. Some of her work challenges previous
orientations to family caregiving and the most current work is directed
at supporting communication with persons with dementia. JoAnn’s
research is in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Small from the School of Audiology
and Speech Science at UBC. Together they are exploring communication in
the family as well as with health care professionals.
JoAnn served on the ACR Advocacy Committee from 2003-2004 and has been
a Board Member for ACR since 2004.
Lyne England, Board Member
Lyne has a significant history of involvement in health services and residential care in BC. She currently sits as Chair of the Saanich Peninsula Health Association, Chair of the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Family Council and Chair of the Regional Family Advisory Council. In addition her volunteer work includes being President of a local service club.
Lyne has been a strong supporter and active volunteer with ACR. She has been most generous in providing ACR representation and assistance on Vancouver Island as well as serving as a source of current information and experience on residential care issues on Vancouver Island.
Lyne is a health care professional (RN) whose career has spanned many years of general duty nursing, community nursing and serving as a nursing instructor at a local college. Recently retired, Lyne volunteers her time advocating for others and working short term contracts.
Lyne has lived in the district of Saanich outside of Victoria BC for more than thirty years.
