Human Resources committee  Yes. Can you hear me?

Human Resources committee  I'd like to thank you for the invitation to appear before this committee and for the opportunity to participate in this important dialogue. I will speak to you today about Langley seniors' experiences in accessing long-term care and the plans for long-term care in our community.

Human Resources committee  There are 1,500 people over the age of 65 in our vicinity. Of those, 800 live alone. I don't think that aging in place is the silver bullet. I'm quite concerned that we're not thinking about what that will look like when we get there. In long-term care, for example, people are ve

Human Resources committee  I think they are going to achieve that by upgrading some of the existing older homes. There's no new development and no plans for new builds, just a rebuild of what's there.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I haven't seen the funds flowing yet. We've just had a provincial election. I think they're trying to get everything rolling. There's a cap on home care of four hours per day. That's just tremendously inadequate. If we're talking about—

Human Resources committee  That's provincial.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  That's the absolute upper limit, yes.

Human Resources committee  Not yet.

Human Resources committee  It has to be so many more things. There have to be more hours available and more flexibility in how it's delivered, having people assigned to go to the same homes instead of a different person every day, three times a week. Overnight and on weekends, people need home care. What

Human Resources committee  It could be all the way up to overnight, 24-hour care.

Human Resources committee  Yes, we have the new horizons program. We just started it this summer, but I think it could grow significantly. We're not looking at tremendous resources, because it is volunteer driven and volunteer supported. I think it is something that could be rolled out across Canada, that