Long Term Care Beds

Whereas since 2016 the number of people waiting to be admitted to long-term care has increased by 200 and the provincial average wait time to access such care has grown by 98 over the past eight years; And whereas a lack of, or prolonged waiting times to access, long-term care can have significant negative impacts on patients, their families and health care professionalscaregivers: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the Province of BC to increase the number of long-term care beds in the province.