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Seniors
Recommendation 3:
Increase the number of Seniors Subsidized Housing Units with a particular focus on rural B.C. where the overall supply of rental accommodation for seniors is most challenging.
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Recommendation 58:
Increase the federal Old Age Security (OAS), the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), and BC Seniors Supplement.
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Recommendation 61:
Increase income and disability rates to the Market Basket Measure to reflect the cost of an adequate standard of living, and index them to inflation.
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Recommendation 66:
Increase earnings exemptions for those on provincial income and disability assistance program, and any clawbacks must be incrementally tied to income.
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Recommendation 4:
Increase awareness of the Property Tax Deferral Program and examine an expansion of the program for low- and modest-income seniors to defer other costs such as strata fees, hydro costs and other municipal charges. Examine how seniors living in co-operative housing might be able to take advantage of the program.
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Recommendation 5:
Include in the health authorities’ service contracts with assisted living residences the requirement that they collaborate with the joint occupational health and safety committee at their site to develop comprehensive processes for monitoring injury rates, identifying risk factors and preventing and reducing injuries rates over time.
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Recommendation 9:
In addition, the Seniors Advocate would request a report from each health authority outlining:
- How they are using the funding provided by the Ministry of Health (i.e., $26 million over three years) to increase staffing and care coordination for assisted living residents and to identify the gaps and challenges with the implementation of Bill 16; and
- The current pressure on the health authority for acute home support and home health resources from the assisted living sector, and the potential increased pressure on these resources moving forward.
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Recommendation 85:
Guarantee free and extended transportation:
- Free transit pass for children ages 0-18 years old, all youth transitioning out of government care till the age of 25 years old, and for all adults on pensions, income assistance, and disability assistance.
- Expand public transit, including HandyDart and community-based passenger van programs.
- Access to free transportation to and from medical appointments, especially for those with disabilities and the elderly.
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Recommendation 94:
Extend the provincial Shelter Allowance for Elderly Renters (SAFER) to housing charges in nonprofit cooperative housing, and extend SAFER grants to the amount of rent increases.
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Recommendation 74:
Extend coverage for health supplements for people accessing income or disability assistance, such as counselling services that are particularly relevant for Indigenous women.
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