Costs

While Fraser Health pays for health care provided in publicly subsidized residential care facilities, residents contribute towards the daily costs of food and accommodation.

What is the daily rate to stay in a publicly subsidized residential care facility?

The costs of living in a residential care facility are very similar to the costs of living independently at home.

The amount you pay will depend on your annual income; rates are based on 80% of your after-tax income and in accordance to a rate schedule determined by the province.

Increased revenues from the revised rate structure revised rate structure will be invested to improve quality of care.

Typical additional costs not covered by the daily rate include:

• Telephone, television cable or internet charges
• Personal choice hygiene and grooming products
• Medications not covered by PharmaCare’s Plan B
• Personal needs such as dry cleaning, labeling, clothing repairs or alterations, newspapers and magazines
• Hair cuts, special outings or social events or special therapies such as music or art therapy
• Health equipment (such as special wheel-chairs and walkers) and health supplies (such as complex wound care dressings) not covered by extended health benefits or Veterans Affairs Canada
• Health services not covered by extended health benefits such as ambulance service, optometry, podiatry, physiotherapy, massage therapy and basic dental care
• Security items such as identification bracelets
• Personal insurance for lost or damaged personal items such as hearing aids, dentures, glasses
• Physician charges for completion of medical forms

What if I can't afford to cover the costs of publicly subsidized residential care?

Lower income residents may request a financial assessment for temporary rate reduction or waiver if the charge represents a financial hardship. Occasionally costs may be covered by alternate payers: