<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Brilliant Homecare guides</title><description>Plain guides to home care in British Columbia: public funding, CSIL, choosing an agency, dementia at home, and working in care.</description><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca</link><language>en-ca</language><copyright>© 2026 Brilliant Home Care Ltd.</copyright><item><title>Home care, assisted living or long-term care in BC: how to choose</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/home-care-assisted-living-or-long-term-care-in-bc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/home-care-assisted-living-or-long-term-care-in-bc</guid><description>The three options a BC family weighs, side by side: who each one suits, how you get in, how the cost is set in 2026, and what care is and is not included.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Paying for care</category></item><item><title>Becoming a health care assistant in BC</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/becoming-a-health-care-assistant-in-bc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/becoming-a-health-care-assistant-in-bc</guid><description>The training, the Registry, the funding that pays your tuition and a living allowance, and what the job is actually like. For people considering the work.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Working in care</category></item><item><title>CSIL explained: self-managed home support in BC</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/csil-explained</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/csil-explained</guid><description>Choice in Supports for Independent Living gives you the funding and makes you the employer. Who qualifies, what it actually involves, and who it suits.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Paying for care</category></item><item><title>Dementia at home in BC: what actually helps</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/dementia-care-at-home-in-bc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/dementia-care-at-home-in-bc</guid><description>Practical approaches that reduce difficult moments, the BC support that is free, and how to think about when home stops being the right place.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Dementia</category></item><item><title>Publicly funded home support in BC: how it actually works</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/home-support-in-bc-how-the-public-system-works</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/home-support-in-bc-how-the-public-system-works</guid><description>Who qualifies, how the daily rate is calculated, what is covered, and where the public system stops. Read this before you pay anyone privately.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Paying for care</category></item><item><title>Eighteen questions to ask any home care agency in BC</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/questions-to-ask-a-home-care-agency-in-bc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/questions-to-ask-a-home-care-agency-in-bc</guid><description>The questions that separate a serious home care provider from a well-marketed one, with our own answers to every one.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Choosing a provider</category></item><item><title>Twelve signs a parent needs help at home</title><link>https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/signs-a-parent-needs-help-at-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brillianthomecare.ca/guides/signs-a-parent-needs-help-at-home</guid><description>What to look for on your next visit, what each sign usually means, and the difference between something to watch and something to act on this week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Knowing when</category></item></channel></rss>