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Health & Healthcare

Seniors' care platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Provide $90M toward redeveloping the former Oak Bay Lodge site as a new community health and seniors' care hub

    "David Eby, Leader of the BC NDP, announced today that a re-elected BC NDP government will provide a $90 million contribution in provincial funding toward the redevelopment of the former Oak Bay Lodge site.

    The site on Cadboro Bay Road is being planned as a new community health and seniors’ care hub where people can access a range of services closer to home, including care for seniors, long-term care, hospice and respite services, adult day programs and primary care."

    — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Make the shingles vaccine free for all adults aged 50+, and all immunocompromised adults

    "Free shingles vaccines: Covering the full cost of the two-dose shingles vaccine for all adults aged 50+ and all immunocompromised adults, to prevent unnecessary hospital visits and help people live healthier lives." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Bring more nurse practitioners, pharmacy services, and virtual specialist consultations into long-term care homes

    "Better care for long-term care residents: Bringing more nurse practitioners, pharmacy services, and virtual specialist consultations into long-term care homes so residents can avoid trips to hospital, and setting up more teams to support patients ready to leave hospital and return to community-based care." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Restart seven paused long-term care projects

    "Building more long-term care beds faster and for less: With the funding secured through the BC-Canada Prosperity agreement, the BC NDP will move ahead with seven long-term care projects that had been paused earlier this year, using a new model that lowers per-bed costs, shortens construction timelines, and helps us build beds at scale for the future. These seven projects are in addition to the 16 long-term care projects already completed, seven under construction, and 15 more in planning." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Bring 5,000 care-home workers back into the public health employer system

    "Fair wages for care workers:Bringing 5,000 care-home workers back into the public health employer system to ensure stable staffing, better continuity of care, and fair pay." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Add 500 health-care workers to support home care

    "Expanding home care support: Adding 500 health-care workers to give more seniors faster, hands-on support, scrapping user fees, and expanding virtual Long-term Care at Home monitoring. Together, these steps will help roughly 5,600 more seniors stay safely in their homes longer." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expand virtual Long-term Care at Home monitoring

    "Expand home care support: Add 500 home care workers to give seniors faster, hands-on support, scrap user fees, and expand virtual Long-term Care at Home monitoring to help roughly 5,600 more seniors stay safely in their homes longer." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

  • Create a $5M fund for community shuttles, including two to serve the Sunset Seniors Centre

    "BC NDP candidates Sunita Dhir (Vancouver-Langara) and Aman Singh (Vancouver-Fraserview) today announced a new $5 million fund for community shuttles serving neighbourhoods across British Columbia.

    The first shuttles to be funded will be two new community shuttles serving the Sunset neighbourhood.

    The 15-passenger, wheelchair-accessible shuttles will bring seniors to the newly-opened Sunset Seniors Centre. They will help seniors who might otherwise struggle with mobility challenges access programming at the seniors centre - such as fitness classes and wellness courses in Punjabi and Chinese, community meals and community outings. These services provide seniors with physical activity and social connection, which are critical to their well-being."

    — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-18

    "These shuttles will be operated by the Sunset Community Association, which jointly governs the Sunset Community Centre with the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, and the Khalsa Diwan Society, which has served Vancouver’s Sikh community for over a century." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-18

    "The $5 million fund will support community shuttles for seniors centres, like in South Vancouver, as well as community centres serving kids, people living with disabilities and others who need help to access services or attend organized field trips." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Conservative
  • Match the federal Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit

    "Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit. We will match the federal tax credit with provincial tax relief for families creating self-contained living spaces for senior relatives, lowering housing costs and freeing up more homes." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Expand long-term care and help seniors age at home, including consumer-directed, publicly-funded home-care choices from accredited providers

    "Expand long-term care and help seniors age at home, including consumer-directed, publicly funded home-care choices from accredited providers." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Restore the seniors' property tax deferral terms

    "Restore the seniors’ property tax deferral. Restore the tax deferral terms so seniors are not taxed out of their homes and can remain in the communities where they are secure." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Provide portable public funding for long-term care for those currently waiting for a bed, which they can use with qualified public, non-profit, and private providers

    "Choice for seniors. We will provide portable public funding for long-term care for the 7,200 people waiting, so eligible seniors and their families have a choice among qualified providers, including public, non-profit and private options." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Expand HandyDART services to areas of greatest demands, and enforce service quality standards for HandyDART contractors

    "HandyDART. We will expand HandyDART services to areas of greatest demand, ensuring seniors have access to affordable, reliable transportation, and we will enforce service quality standards for HandyDART contractors to improve transportation reliability for seniors." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Provide free shingles vaccination for seniors

    "Free shingles vaccination for seniors. A free shingles vaccine program will reduce doctor visits, emergency room trips, hospital stays, and long-term pain for older adults in British Columbia, saving money over time by preventing avoidable care." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Scale homeshare housing to match renters with seniors living in a full house

    "Support and scale homeshare housing that matches responsible renters with seniors living in a full house - providing affordable housing, gentle density, and intergenerational support." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Tie restrictions on rent and additional fee increases in assisted living to the unit, not just the tenant, so that seniors aren't evicted just to increase fees

    "Apply vacancy control to assisted living, including the additional fees for services, to protect seniors from rent increases and extra charges." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Improve access to respite care and day programmes

    "Improve access to respite care and day programs, ensuring that at-home care services are available for both medical care and assistance with daily tasks." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Develop a plan to increase the number of publicly-funded long-term care facilities

    "Develop and implement a detailed plan to increase the number of publicly-funded long-term care facilities to meet the growing demand for senior care services." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Develop a rural seniors strategy to address the needs of seniors in rural communities

    "Develop and implement a rural seniors strategy to address the needs of seniors in rural communities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Support family practitioners to do more early screening for dementia
  • Develop a dementia support strategy, with a focus on cultural safety

    "Establish a clear dementia care pathway and support family practitioners to do more early screening for dementia, and develop a dementia support strategy, with a focus on cultural safety." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Make all recommended vaccines free for everyone

    "Make all recommended vaccines available to all people, at no cost to the consumer." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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