Whereas the Ministry of Health set a guideline that residents in senior long-term care facilities should receive, on average, at least 3.36 hours of direct care daily; And whereas direct care hours include all care provided by registered nurses RNs, licensed practical nurses LPNs, health care assistants HCAs and professional and nonprofessional allied health providers such as physiotherapists; And whereas not-for-profit facilities delivered 93,000 more direct care hours than they were funded to deliver, and for-profit facilities failed to deliver 500,000 hours of direct care they were funded to deliver: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the provincial government to create a standardized funding formula and reporting system to ensure that funding for seniors care is spent on direct care only.
