B.C. Seniors Advocate Warns Lack of Long-Term Care Spaces Contributes to Overburdened Health-Care System

B.C. seniors advocate warns lack of long-term care spaces contributes to overburdened health-care system

Seniors unable to get into long-term care facilities are clogging up hospital beds and ER waiting rooms as the province struggles to cope with a rapidly aging population and a decades long underinvestment in old-age care, according to a new report from B.C.'s seniors advocate.

B.C. needs to add 16,000 long-term care beds in the next decade, says seniors advocate

A report from British Columbia's seniors' advocate say the province will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036 to meet the demands of an aging society.

B.C. seniors advocate says lack of long-term care beds becoming a 'crisis'

Waitlists balloon as family members struggle to provide care

Seniors advocate says B.C. will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036

VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's seniors' advocate say the province will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036 to meet the demands of an aging society.

Seniors Advocate warns B.C. faces critical shortage in long-term care beds : My Comox Valley Now

British Columbia’s Seniors Advocate says the province would need to spend more than $16 billion on new long-term care beds over the next 10 years to meet growing demand. Dan Levitt said in a 60-page report released Tuesday that the waitlist for long-term care has ballooned in recent years, and the crisis will only worsen if the province stays on its current track. There are currently close to 29,600 long-term care beds in B.C., which Levitt said…

BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate

British Columbia needs to immediately invest around $17 billion to make sure seniors in the province are properly cared for over the next decade, according to a new report by the Office of the Seniors Advocate.