Seniors report on care homes
KAMLOOPS — BC’s Seniors Advocate says care homes in BC did better with staffing last year compared with 2016, but more work needs to be done.
Isobel Mackenzie’s 2018 Residential Care Facilities Quick Facts Directory shows 15 per cent of facilities meet provincial guidelines of 3.36 hours of direct care per resident per day.
That relates to how the facilities are funded.
“Direct care hours are what is funded by the health authority to the facility. So facilities, particularly our contracted facilities, are not making the decision about how many direct care hours to provide, they are negotiating that with the health authority and they are being funded for a certain number.”