Whereas the Ministry of Health set a guideline that residents in senior long-term care facilities should receive, on average, at least 3.36 hours of direct care daily; And whereas direct care hours include all care provided by registered nurses RNs, licensed practical nurses LPNs, health care assistants HCAs and professional and nonprofessional allied health providers such as physiotherapists; And whereas not-for-profit facilities delivered 93,000 more direct care hours than they were funded to deliver, and for-profit facilities failed to deliver 500,000 hours of direct care they were funded to deliver: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the provincial government to create a standardized funding formula and reporting system to ensure that funding for seniors care is spent on direct care only.
Ministry of Health The ministry monitors the delivery of Hours Per Resident Day HPRD in Long-Term Care LTC across the province, and LTC home operators are required to report HPRD on a quarterly basis to their respective health authority. Health Authorities continue to work with contracted operators to ensure hours of care requirements are met, and to appropriately address any gaps in the delivery of care and services. The ministry has begun work with health authorities and long-term care sector partners to develop a funding model for LTC, with the goal of achieving greater transparency, equity, consistency, and sustainability. The initial focus is on direct care, informing the funding approach for staffing in LTC, and incorporating aspects such as HPRD, wage levelling, and policy development. The ministry implemented an LTC Financial Reporting tool to standardize financial reporting in publicly funded LTC homes e.g. revenues, expenditures, HPRD, and continues to work with LTC home operators and health authorities to refine the tool. The LTC Financial Reporting tool will provide a rich source of data to inform the development of the funding model and policy development. The Minister of Healths mandate reflects this commitment to improve the delivery of care for seniors and steward public investments made in seniors care to improve efficiency and effectiveness given the growing population of seniors in our province.