Assisted Living in British Columbia: Trends in Access, Affordability and Ownership
This report provides information on access to publicly subsidized assisted living in BC. Between 2010-2017 BC added only 105 units of publicly subsidized assisted living despite a growing seniors’ population while—more than 10 times that number—1,130 private-pay units were added. Seniors who cannot afford to pay privately may go without care altogether or wait until their health deteriorates to the point of requiring a nursing home or hospitalization, this report explains.
These are among the key findings of Assisted Living in British Columbia: Trends in access, affordability and ownership by Andrew Longhurst, who notes that access to subsidized assisted living dropped by 17 per cent province-wide between 2008 and 2017 (measured as the number of units per 1,000 seniors age 75-plus).
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Feb 18, 2020
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