Apply for a long-term care rate reduction without redoing it from scratch each year

Residents who can't afford the basic accommodation co-payment can apply for an income-based rate reduction — and you re-apply every year with the same resident and income details. This guide is an example of storing them once in hivi so each annual application is quick.

Official form and source

Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:

• Service page: Paying for long-term care — ontario.ca
• Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Reduction in Long-Term Care Home Basic Accommodation — 045-4805-69

What this form is about

The application reduces a resident's basic accommodation co-payment based on income. Because income can change, it must be renewed each year.

Before you start: what to gather

• The resident's name, date of birth, and details.
• Income information used to calculate the reduced rate.
• Supporting income and tax documents.

Confirm the current process and the annual re-application window on ontario.ca.

How hivi makes it faster

1. Store the resident's details once. Save the name, date of birth, and income details in hivi.
2. Keep documents together. Upload income and tax documents to hivi Files.
3. Autofill the application. Use the hivi Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from the saved profile inside hivi.
4. Submit and re-apply yearly with the same saved details.

Why do it in hivi

An annual application is the clearest case for "enter once, reuse." Stored in hivi — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each year's rate reduction starts mostly filled, which matters when a family is already managing a lot.