New seniors advocate report shows growing gap in B.C. long-term care demand, capacity

Number of people waiting for publicly-funded long-term care in B.C. doubles since 2016: report

A report from B.C.'s seniors' advocate has found a ballooning waitlist for long-term care beds in B.C., saying that the province has failed to keep up with a rapidly aging population.

New seniors advocate report shows growing gap in B.C. long-term care demand, capacity

British Columbia's seniors advocate is sounding the alarm over an acute need for more long-term care beds in the province, as the growth in demand has outpaced the increase in supply since 2019.

New seniors advocate report shows growing gap in B.C. long-term care demand, capacity – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s seniors advocate is sounding the alarm over an acute need for more long-term care beds in the province, as the growth in demand has outpaced the increase in supply since 2019. Dan Levitt says in his office’s newly released 2025 Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Directory that the province saw a five-per-cent increase in the number of beds since 2019-2020, while the population of seniors over the age of 65 has grown…

B.C. falling behind on long-term care beds as seniors population surges

British Columbia is adding long-term care beds at a pace that falls far short of the rapidly growing seniors population, according to new data released Tuesday by the Office of the Seniors Advocate. The office’s newly published 2025 Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Directory shows the number of long-term care beds in B.C. has increased by just 5% since 2019–20, while the population of residents aged 65 and older has grown by 19% over the same …

New Data: Seniors’ Population Increase Outpacing Long-Term Care - Seniors Advocate

Data showing the slow pace of building new public long-term care beds and assisted living units in B.C. was released today by the Office of the Seniors Advocate. The 2025 Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Directory, containing detailed information on 301 long-term care facilities and 133 assisted living residences in B.C., is now available online. … Read More The post New Data: Seniors’ Population Increase Outpacing Long-Term Care first appeare…