Health Care Needs Home Care

Home care isn't a luxury. It's health care. Thousands of seniors are waiting for long-term care. Hospitals are overcrowded with patients who could be supported at home. Family caregivers are stretched to their limits. Yet many seniors cannot access the home support they need because of financial barriers. Home support is healthcare. It helps seniors remain independent, prevents unnecessary hospitalizations, reduces pressure on long-term care, and supports family caregivers. M

Eliminating co-payments for home support will allow more seniors to age-in-place in their own homes and delay admissions to more costly long-term care. Accessible, reliable home support is essential healthcare that helps keep seniors healthier, safer, and comfortable in their own homes. When care begins at home, people maintain dignity and independence, and our healthcare system becomes more sustainable for everyone. We are calling on BC to eliminate home support co-payments

Families should not have to choose between financial hardship and keeping a loved one safely at home. Across BC, seniors and caregivers are struggling with home support co-payments that make essential care unaffordable. When home support fails, families burn out, seniors lose independence, hospitals become overcrowded, and people enter long-term care earlier than necessary. Home support is healthcare — not an optional service. We are calling on BC to eliminate home support co

Home and community care is not just a compassionate option for seniors — it is an economic necessity. Across British Columbia, the lack of accessible home support is forcing thousands of older adults into hospitals, the most expensive place in the healthcare system to receive care. Seniors aged sixty-five and older account for up to one-third of emergency room visits in B.C., and one in three of those visits leads to hospitalization. Yet many of these patients no longer requi

Long-term care in B.C. is at a breaking point. Today, 7,829 people are waiting for a long-term care bed, while wait times have nearly doubled over the past eight years to 290 days. Hospitals are feeling the strain, with 1,659 patients waiting for discharge each day, including more than 600 awaiting long-term care placement. Seniors are remaining in hospital beds because the right care, housing, and community supports are unavailable. Families are left in limbo, and care provi