Number of people in the province over the age of 75 expected to grow by 55,000 over the next 20 years.
They don’t get the kind of media attention that new hospital openings or expansions receive, but the fact is that new long-term care facilities are becoming the dominant kind of building project in the health-care system.
Secondly, our senior population is growing quickly and is projected to rise even faster over the next 20 years. An additional 55,000 people over the age of 75 are projected to be added to the population over that time period. The average age of our current facilities is 37 years. As someone who toured several facilities prior to placing a family member in LTC, I can attest to the uneven levels of care that exist in the system .
Nevertheless, few LTC facilities were built for many years. In the Island Health region , just three new facilities were opened in the past 22 years, creating just 231 beds.B.C. seniors’ advocate Isobel Mackenzie recently released a report urging the government to quickly build more assisted living facilities to accommodate the increased demand.
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