Finding care for B.C. seniors: How the system works, what is missing, and why you need deep pockets

When Marian Bucci’s mother Brenda was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer 18 months ago, the family decided to keep her in the private Langley retirement home where she’d been living with dementia for several years.
The expensive plan required the help of private, round-the-clock care aides, but it honoured Brenda’s wish to spend her final days at home, not in a hospital palliative care unit.
“This home was her comfort zone … It’s like a cruise ship on land,&