Seniors Care Project
Everyone deserves to age and die with dignity
The Seniors Project works for policy changes to ensure that BC seniors can age and die with dignity, and to improve conditions for family members and health care workers. We believe that seniors should be at the centre of decisions about their own care, as well as the public policy decisions that affect them.
Centering seniors’ decisions about their own care
- The Remaining Light documentary
- B.C. Ombudsperson’s investigation
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Caring for the Future
LTC – Caring for the Future PDFDownload While COVID-19 didn’t cause the crisis in long-term care, it certainly exposed it for all to see. In Saskatchewan we witnessed the unprecedented…
The Place of Assisted Living in BC’s Seniors Care System
Assessing the promise, reality and challenges Download 1.54 MB68 pages Under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized is an apt description of British Columbia’s assisted living system for seniors’ care. This report—The…
Assisted Living in British Columbia
Trends in access, affordability and ownership Download 1.27 MB 48 pages Access to publicly subsidized assisted living in British Columbia has fallen since 2008 for British Columbia seniors. Between 2010-2017…
Fast Facts: Contracting Out Enhanced Home Care Program
Among the many recent changes by the Pallister government to health care was a contract with two private companies to operate the Enhanced Home Care Program (EHCP). This will provide…
A reality check on seniors poverty and inequality in BC
As recently as 40 years ago, old age meant living in poverty for more than a third of Canadian seniors. Thankfully, public programs like the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age…
Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors
Download 2.76 MB56 pages BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the defining problem we face isn’t…
Infographics: Seniors poverty and inequality
BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the defining problem we face isn’t about intergenerational inequality, but…
Infographics: Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways
Our photo essay, Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways (published alongside the study, Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors) describes the lived experiences of three senior women…
Half of single BC seniors living on $25K or less per year
Study details alarming rise in economic insecurity among BC seniors; single women at highest risk CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors…
Privatization & Declining Access to BC Seniors’ Care
An urgent call for policy change Download 10.78 MB 32 pages Home and community care services in BC—home health care, assisted living and residential care—require urgent attention. For the past…
System change for seniors care
Photos from the CCPA-BC Seniors Project’s sold-out forum with BC’s Ombudsperson and new Seniors Advocate, which took place in February 2015. This all-day event was also an opportunity to strategize…
The Future of Home Support in BC
The Future of Home Support in BC was round table discussion of current challenges and new strategies for improving the delivery of home support services. It took place in February…
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