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IMPROVING SENIORS CARE SINCE 2001
March 27, 2009
Ministry of Health Services
Here are the facts on the Province’s investments in seniors care:
CLAIM: Government didn’t meet its commitment to build 5,000 net new beds
FACTS:
- We have built nearly 12,500 new or replacement beds and units for seniors care.
- We have opened 5,896 net-new beds and units since June 2001, meeting our goal to open 5,000 net-new beds by the end of 2008.
CLAIM: Home support has suffered
FACTS:
- Since 2001, we’ve increased funding for home care and home support by 61 per cent since to $651 million annually.
- Twenty-three per cent more clients received home care services (nursing and community rehabilitation) last year than in 2001.
- The number of adult day care clients last year had increased by 22 per cent since 2001.
- The average number of hours of home support services per client per year increased by 23 per cent, from 198 hours per client in 2001 to 243 hours per client in last year.
CLAIM: Surgeries are being cancelled because seniors are taking up hospital beds
FACTS:
- We have opened more than 5,896 net-new seniors care beds and units since 2001.
- We’ve added new beds, significantly improved the quality of accommodation-based facilities in the province, and introduced new options to support independence and quality of life.
- Since 2000, we have seen a decrease in ALC days by 27 per cent, in contrast to increasing rates seen between 1993-94 and 2000-2001. (ALC patients are patients occupying hospital beds who no longer need acute services while waiting for a more appropriate setting.)
- The average wait time for residential care in B.C. has been reduced from one year in 2001 to between15 to 90 days today.
- We are doing more surgeries than ever before – 407,000 in 2001/02 to nearly 475,000 in 2007/08
CLAIM: Seniors care has been privatized
FACTS:
- We’ve increased spending on residential care and assisted living by more than 37 per cent since 2001 – from just over $1.1B then to $1.6B today
- Publicly funded residential care facilities have been owned and operated by health authorities, non profits and private operators for decades in B.C.
- In 2001, approximately 25 per cent of all publicly funded residential care beds were privately owned, and in 2008/09, only 28 per cent are privately owned.
- Sixty-two per cent of residential care clients pay the LOWEST daily rate for residential care - $30.90/day – one of the lowest client rates in all of Canada.
Letters to the Editor
Sept. 8, 2009
Letter to the Editor
OUR SENIORS DESERVE BETTER
By Kevin Falcon
Minister of Health Services
Submitted: Peace Arch News
Status: Not Published
The Government of British Columbia and your South Surrey and White Rock MLAs are committed to providing British Columbia's seniors with a choice of the best quality care options, both in community and residential settings. We will continue to expand these services with an approximate 20% increase in funding to health authorities over the next three years.
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