Health committee  Thank you very much. I really appreciate being on this soapbox.

Health committee  One of the reasons why we're looking at some phasing-out of long-term care, although we can't eliminate it altogether, is that people generally prefer to be in their own homes. I don't think I have to show any studies. That's pretty evident from all kinds of literature that's aro

Health committee  Sure. I will try to do that. Obviously, not everyone should be in long-term care facilities. I know that some of them are better than others, and people are more or less comfortable in them, but I think the overwhelming majority of people would prefer not to be there. In order

Health committee  The difficulty we have is that there are 11-plus jurisdictions for health transfers of money and many more differences of quality of care or details of the service provided to citizens because it's left up to the provinces. We're not suggesting that they are negligent. It's just

Health committee  Okay. The conditions are not news. I’ve provided my speaker’s notes to the committee, and I urge you to look at those for the final comments. Thank you very much.

Health committee  We are part of the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of B.C. We are the largest independent, volunteer-run and operated federation of seniors organizations in British Columbia. We have approximately 100,000 members and we come from all socio-economic backgrounds. We are ve