Editor:
With respect to Trellis, it’s a question of trust. Any entrepreneur is going to say, at least in public, that their product is the best, meets all standards, world class, etc.
Do your homework, look beyond what businesses say if you care about how our elders are treated. In this case B.C.’s Seniors Advocate has summarized the data in her report: “A Billion Reasons to Care.” (The title emphasizes that contracted long-term care is a $1.4-billion factor in our provincial economy.)
One significant finding: although they receive the same level of public funding, care facilities with non-profit operators spent $10,000 or 24 per cent more per year on care for each resident, than private-sector operators. For-profit care homes failed to deliver 207,000 direct care hours they were publicly funded to provide, while not-for-profit care homes exceeded direct care hour targets by delivering an additional 80,000 hours of direct care beyond what they were publicly funded to deliver.
Henry Hightower, Sechelt
