What are the parties promising on Long-term care?

Long-term care platforms

Here's what the 2024 BC election parties are promising.

Build 5,400 new and replacement beds at 32 long-term care facilities
Standardise wages, benefits, and working conditions for staff across both public and private long-term care homes

"By providing common wages, benefits and working conditions for staff across both public and private long-term care homes, we can make sure all facilities will be staffed by caring, well trained and qualified workers held to a consistent provincial standard of care for all seniors." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Add 5,000 long-term care beds by 2030
Commission an expert review on improving long-term care practices and infrastructure

Increase the number of publicly-funded long-term care beds by 10% each year

"We will increase the number of publicly funded long-term care beds by 10% each year to meet the growing demand for senior care services." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09
Implement the recommendations from the Senior's Advocate's report

"Enact the recommendations of the Seniors Advocate’s report “Billions More Reasons to Care” by ensuring that funding for direct care is spent on direct care and not on operational or administrative costs." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09
Enhance transparency of monitoring and reporting and standardise approaches for publicly-funded care homes

"Enhance the accuracy and transparency of monitoring and reporting for publicly funded care homes, with a focus on compliance and the allocation of resources for non-direct care tasks.

Define ‘profit’ and adopt a standardized approach to assessing costs like mortgages, head office allocations, management fees, subcontracting, executive compensation, and the financing of other businesses." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09