Privatization & Declining Access to BC Seniors’ Care

An urgent call for policy change
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March 27, 2017
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Home and community care services in BC—home health care, assisted living and residential care—require urgent attention. For the past 16 years, underfunding, privatization and fragmentation of the system have left many seniors, their families and communities patching together care and even going without.

This report shows that increasing access to home and community care doesnt just benefit seniors, it is widely acknowledged as key for reducing hospital overcrowding and surgical wait times.

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978-1-77125-336-9