Choices in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) - Funding for Home Support
Financial and Home Health Care
Provided by Government of British Columbia
Offers funding for eligible home support clients wishing more flexibility in managing their own services.
Choices in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) is a self-managed model of care where people receive funds to hire and manage their own unregulated care providers. CSIL clients receive funds directly from their local health authority to purchase their own home support services. As an employer, responsibilities include recruiting, hiring, training, scheduling, and supervising unregulated care providers.
The amount of funding a client receives is calculated by multiplying the Choices in Supports for Independent Living hourly rate by the number of hours of home support service you require each month (based on a clinical assessment performed by your health authority). For example, if you were assessed as requiring 100 hours of home support per month and the hourly rate is $30.54, you would receive $3,054 per month (100 hours X $30.54 per hour).
If you receive Choices in Supports for Independent Living services, you will pay a daily rate based on your income (and the income of your spouse, if applicable). Your daily rate is calculated by multiplying your “remaining annual income” (as defined in the Continuing Care Fees Regulation) by 0.00138889.
In addition to meeting the general eligibility criteria for home and community care services, you are eligible for Choice in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) if you:
The amount of funding a client receives is calculated by multiplying the Choices in Supports for Independent Living hourly rate by the number of hours of home support service you require each month (based on a clinical assessment performed by your health authority). For example, if you were assessed as requiring 100 hours of home support per month and the hourly rate is $30.54, you would receive $3,054 per month (100 hours X $30.54 per hour).
If you receive Choices in Supports for Independent Living services, you will pay a daily rate based on your income (and the income of your spouse, if applicable). Your daily rate is calculated by multiplying your “remaining annual income” (as defined in the Continuing Care Fees Regulation) by 0.00138889.
In addition to meeting the general eligibility criteria for home and community care services, you are eligible for Choice in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) if you:
- have been assessed as requiring home support services as part of your care plan;
- been assessed as having high physical care needs (HPCN), a physical disability, and are medically stable;
- have assessed needs that can be met within CSIL, within available resources;
- have agreed to pay the assessed client rate; and
- can safely coordinate and manage CSIL services or have a client support group or a CSIL representative acting as a CSIL employer
Website: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content...
Service is available in English.
Cost: Fees may apply
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Availability
Service area: Province-wide
Service Types Provided
Home Health Care
Ways to Access
- Includes the provision of funding
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.