The Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society’s Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to waive government-imposed per diem fees for guests staying at Rotary Hospice House.
“The per diem fees are mandated by the Ministry of Health for people that go into short-term care, which is what they classify hospice to be,” said Executive Director Donna Flood.
“It’s $48.20 a day, which is quite a bit of money, especially if you’ve been ill.”
Flood said they’ve often waived the fee for people if they didn’t have the resources.
“What I found out too, is people just weren’t even coming to hospice and missing that opportunity for the care because they just couldn’t pay those funds,” she said.
Flood said after she heard that story, she went to the board to ask if they could waive the fees.
“They said they agreed and that’s where we are today,” she said.
“We continue to rely on the community to support us through donations, but we really feel that there shouldn’t be any barrier to accessing hospice, and a per diem fee certainly was a barrier.”
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