Learn the benefits of BCCPA membership
BCCPA serves a diverse membership across the province, and is proud to be the leading voice for the seniors living, wellness, and care sector in British Columbia. Our Association supports members to provide safe, high quality of life to those accessing seniors living, care, and support services through research, education, advocacy, and partnerships.
BCCPA supports nearly 600 members, representing organizations that provide both publicly subsidized and private pay care and support. This includes independent living and home health operators, as well as providers of publicly funded services.
To learn more, access our member benefits booklet here.
Membership Categories:
Service Provider members are made up of senior care providers under the following categories:
- Long-Term Care
- Assisted Living
- Independent Living*
Annual membership fees are calculated by the number of hours/beds/suites/units operated by the provider:
- Annual Membership Fee (Long-Term Care): $36/bed/year
- Annual Membership Fee (Assisted Living): $28/suite/year
- Annual Membership Fee (Independent Living): $23/suite/year*
- Annual Membership Fees (Home Health**): $0.03/hour/year
- Minimum Rate: $408/year
- Maximum Rate: $6,120/year
*For the purposes of membership, independent living refers to seniors’ housing where hospitality services are provided, such as meals, housekeeping, laundry and recreation activities. This definition does not refer to suites where the resident receives assisted living or care services delivered by the operator, nor does it include housing without hospitality services.
**If your organization provides Home Health services only, please refer to the Service Provider – Home Health section below.
To apply as a Service Provider member, complete our online membership application.
Service Provider – Home Health members provide home care and home support services.
Membership fees for home health are calculated by the number of annual home health hours delivered by the provider:
- Annual Membership Fees (Home Health): $0.03/hour/year
- Minimum Rate: $408/year
- Maximum Rate: $6,120/year
Download our Home Health Checklist here to assess whether your organization meets BCCPA’s regulatory, legislative, and operational requirements for membership eligibility.
To apply as a Service Provider – Home Health member, complete our online membership application.
Commercial members typically offer products and services of interest to service providers such as insurance, communications technology or IT services, furniture, or safety equipment.
Category 1: four FTEs or less $607/year
Category 2: Over four FTEs $1,122/year
Learn more about the benefits of commercial membership here.
To apply as a Commercial member, complete our online membership application.
An Associate member is either a not-for-profit organization or an individual whose work supports or compliments that of BC Care Providers Association in the area of seniors care. Associate members are discouraged from selling or marketing products and/or services to our service provider members.
Annual Membership Fee (Associate): $607
To apply as an Associate member, complete our associate member application.
- All membership applications are subject to final review and formal approval by the BCCPA Board of Directors and are normally processed within 30 calendar days.
- Payment is due at the point of application. Memberships are processed once payment is received.
- Organizations applying for membership must register all beds and suites with the Association. For example, an organization may not register only its long-term care beds while excluding its independent living suites.
- All fees paid by our members, including business information such as hours of care delivered, are kept strictly confidential.
- A corporate discount schedule is available, please email membership[@]bccare.ca, for more information.
- Service Providers with communities currently under construction are invited to join us as Associate members ($607/year).
- BCCPA members must abide by the Association’s Code of Ethics, available to read here.
- Associate and Commercial members are considered “non-voting members” for the purposes of BCCPA’s annual AGM.
Questions about becoming a member? Contact membership[at]bccare.ca
