The Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors in British
Columbia, Canada, has developed a comprehensive and integrated servic
e delivery system for the care of the elderly and the disabled. This s
ystem has a single point of entry, and contains all of the major compo
nents of Long-Term Care and Home Care services under one administrativ
e umbrella, the Continuing Care Division. This paper presents an overv
iew of the Division's service delivery system and its planning framewo
rk. The latter provides a vehicle for decision makers to pro-actively
re-allocate resources from residential services to community and home-
based services within Continuing Care.