The recent hike in residential care rates is significant for many seniors. An extra $22.10 a day is $8000 a year!

Click here for an article on this issue published in The Tyee, October 8, 2009.

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According to an article in BC Local News on October 8, 2009: “The province will jack rates for most seniors in residential care to generate an extra $54 million a year of revenue.

Health minister Kevin Falcon said the new rate structure will be more equitable, delivering a rate cut for the 25 per cent of seniors in care with the lowest incomes.

But the other 75 per cent face significant hikes, effective January.”

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