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Information about Better at Home
  • New or expanded Better at Home programming include the following communities:
    • Bella Bella (Northern Health)
    • Dease Lake (Northern Health)
    • Horsefly (Northern Health)
    • Hudson Hope (Northern Health)
    • Lasqueti Island (Island Health)
    • Lillooet (Interior Health)
    • Lytton (Interior Health)
    • Thetis Island (Island Health)
    • Usk (Northern Health)
  • More than 12,500 people use Better at Home services each year.
  • Seniors living at home in a community that has a Better at Home program are eligible to apply.
  • The program is managed by the United Way British Columbia’s healthy aging initiative.
  • Since 2012, government has invested in United Way to expand and operate the Better at Home program:
    • $5 million in 2012-13
    • $2 million in 2013-14
    • $4 million in 2014-15
    • $5 million in 2015-16
    • $10 million in 2016-17
    • $10 million in 2017-18
    • $6.6 million in 2018-19
    • $55.4 million in 2019-20
    • $70 million in 2022-23