The key findings in the report were: • The population 65 and over increased four per cent in the last year. In the past 10 years the proportion of the B.C. population 65 plus has increased 27 per cent, however, the proportion 85 plus has remained relatively stable at two per cent of the population. • The long-term care (LTC) bed rate per 1,000 of population age 85 plus has decreased nine per cent in the last five years and a variety of measures show increased wait times for long-term care in the past year: clients on the wait list increased 27 per cent (total 2,259), the average time on the waitlist increased by three per cent (133 days), the average wait time of 52 days for clients admitted to long-term care is an increase of 37 per cent and the number admitted within 30 days decreased 11 per cent.