Long-Term Care Subsidy Program
Health PEI
Helps an Islander pay the accommodation charge in a long-term care home. Verbatim: "The current daily rate is $116.96 for a semi-private room" and "You qualify to receive a subsidy if your net annual income is below $44,250.40 (based on last year's Notice of Assessment)." The subsidy is the threshold minus your income.
The catch: Assets are deliberately not counted - verbatim, "The program is income-based only-your assets (e.g., home and property are not considered)", which is the opposite of what most people assume and the reason some families sell a house they did not need to sell. Two things come with it automatically and neither needs a second application: a $130.00 per month comfort allowance for personal spending, and enrolment in the Nursing Home Drug Program. Verbatim: "You will be automatically enrolled for both programs if you qualify." Home Care has to have assessed you as eligible to move into a home before any of it applies.
Who can get it
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You qualify to receive a subsidy if your net annual income is below $44,250.40 (based on last year's Notice of Assessment). The program is income-based only-your assets (e.g., home and property are not considered). must meet
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Home Care has determined you are eligible to move into an LTC home.
At a glance
- Worth
- $44,250
- Effort
- Application
- Time to money
- Not recorded
- How it arrives
- Account credit
- How often
- Standing
- Proof needed
- Income documents
- Where
- Prince Edward Island
- Last checked
- 13 August 2026