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Nearly 500 more long term care beds coming to B.C.’s Interior Health region
Report calls out ‘systemic’ failings in Canada’s long-term care system There are currently about 6,000 long term care beds across Interior Health region.“We looked at many factors when determining where to locate these projects, including population projections, wait times for admissions, the complexity of people needing care, as well as local and regional demographics,” said Susan Brown, Interior Health CEO and president.Dix said that all of the new beds will be single rooms.“We have a growing seniors population,” Dix said. “Just to give an example of that, in Interior Health, there are going to be 28 per cent more people over 75 in five years then there are today.