A resident of a long-term care home stops to look at renderings of the new Richmond Lions Manor-Fentiman care home before a provincial government news conference announcing the project, in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press.

Inside the movement to promote hospice care as a cost-effective alternative to overcrowded hospitals

In their 2023 Hunter Prize submission “CARES: Canada’s Action for Resilient End-of-Life Services,” Krish Bilimoria and Matthew Yau, both physicians, and Samuel Wu, founder and CEO of healthtech startup Sabba Health, emphasize the need for a shift towards hospice care as a more cost-effective and compassionate alternative to hospital care.