--- title: "long-term care: British Columbia election reporting | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/tag/long-term-care" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:07:06.126Z" meta: description: "Read published reporting and guides about long-term care on voche.me." "og:description": "Read published reporting and guides about long-term care on voche.me." "og:title": "long-term care: British Columbia election reporting" "twitter:description": "Read published reporting and guides about long-term care on voche.me." "twitter:title": "long-term care: British Columbia election reporting" --- ** NEWS TOPIC # long-term care 3 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific. ## Friday, October 9 Election newsAnnouncement ### [BC Conservatives promise to build more long-term-care beds after NDP deferred projects](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/conservative-bc-long-term-care-beds-waitlist-october-2026) The Conservative Party of BC published a plan on 9 October 2026 to build long-term-care beds, saying 7,200 BC residents are currently on a waitlist and the NDP deferred seven projects in Budget 2026. 4:26 pm PT2 min read ## Wednesday, October 7 Election newsAnnouncement ### [BC NDP promises free shingles vaccines and 500 more home care workers for seniors](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-ndp-seniors-health-care-plan-october-2026) David Eby announced an NDP seniors health care plan on October 5 that includes free shingles vaccines for adults 50 and over, 500 new home care workers, and seven paused long-term care projects moving forward. 12:10 pm PT2 min read ## Monday, October 5 Election newsAnnouncement ### [BC Greens announce seniors plan with higher renter aid thresholds and more public long-term care](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-greens-seniors-plan-october-2026) The BC Green Party published a seniors platform on October 4 and says it would raise housing aid thresholds for senior renters, apply rent controls to assisted living, and increase publicly funded long-term care beds. 8:30 pm PT2 min read ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.