Rural and Remote Pilot Project (RRPP)

Roughly 100,000 BC seniors live rural or in communities smaller than 5,000 people. It is known that there are specific challenges related to aging in rural communities, such as an aging workforce, departure of health care providers, challenging voluntary sector, lack of social networks and support/services, etc.  Additionally, poor weather and long distances pose challenges to aging in place.

The RRPP’s objectives are to:

  • Test new approaches for delivering Better at Home services in hard-to-serve rural and remote communities through six (6) new pilot locations
  • Examine promising practices being used to serve rural seniors in Better at Home-funded and other programs
  • Learn how Better at Home can serve seniors that live in rural or remote BC communities
  • Develop Better at Home approaches for non-medical support services for seniors in rural and remote communities

Please click here for the Final Evaluation Report of United Way’s Better at Home Rural and Remote Pilot Project performed by SPARC BC.

Community profiles of each of the rural and remote sites will be available soon.

For more information about RRPP, please contact:

Kahir Lalji
Provincial Manager, Better at Home
kahirl@uwlm.ca