Yes. Under Enhanced Care, ICBC's personal care assistance benefit pays up to $5,974 a month for most injuries, $7,144 for catastrophic injuries, and $11,872 where catastrophic injury requires 24-hour care (figures as displayed by ICBC, July 2026). Salve is on ICBC's approved-provider roster and bills ICBC directly.
If a crash leaves you or a family member unable to manage daily living for a while, ICBC's personal care assistance benefit funds help at home during recovery: bathing, dressing, mobility, meals, and the household tasks the injury took off the table. In the regulation it's called the activities of daily living benefit; on icbc.com it's personal care assistance. Same benefit.
It sits inside Enhanced Care, BC's no-fault coverage, so it doesn't depend on who caused the crash. ICBC assesses how much help the injury requires, and the benefit scales with that assessment.
How much ICBC pays
These are maximums, not automatic amounts: what's actually authorized follows ICBC's assessment of the help the injury requires. For most recoveries the benefit funds a stretch of weeks or months; for catastrophic injuries it can fund permanent daily care.
Situation
Monthly maximum
Most injuries
up to $5,974
Catastrophic injury
up to $7,144
Catastrophic injury requiring 24-hour care
up to $11,872
As displayed on icbc.com, July 2026. The Enhanced Accident Benefits Regulation indexes these amounts to BC inflation every April 1, so they rise most years.
Reimbursement or direct billing: the two ways it's paid
The default is reimbursement: you hire the help, including, if you choose, someone close to you like a family member, pay them, and ICBC reimburses the cost it has authorized. It works, but the family fronts the money and manages the receipts, usually while also managing a recovery.
The alternative is an approved provider. ICBC keeps a public roster of homemaking and attendant care providers who invoice ICBC directly at ICBC's pre-established hourly rates, so nothing is fronted and no receipts pile up. Salve Health Care is on that roster and has been direct-billing ICBC for years.
How to set it up, step by step
§Report the claim to ICBC and tell your recovery specialist that daily living at home is the problem
§ICBC assesses what help the injury requires and authorizes personal care assistance
§Choose the payment path: reimbursement for help you arrange yourself, or direct billing through a roster provider
§If you'd like Salve, mention us to your recovery specialist, or call us first and we'll walk you through what to ask for
§Care starts; for direct billing, the invoices go from Salve to ICBC, not to you
Where Salve fits
Salve is an ICBC-certified Personal Care Assistance provider listed on ICBC's public roster, serving BC's Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. ICBC cases usually pair the funded personal care with our post-hospital recovery work: the same caregiver handles the discharge plan, the mobility practice, and the household layer while the benefit covers its share. Where the care plan needs more hours or services than ICBC authorizes, we tell you exactly what the difference would cost before anything starts.
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What families ask.
Does ICBC pay for home care after a car accident?
Yes, through the personal care assistance benefit under Enhanced Care: up to $5,974 a month for most injuries, $7,144 for catastrophic injuries, and $11,872 where catastrophic injury requires 24-hour care (icbc.com, July 2026). ICBC's assessment sets the authorized amount.
Does it matter who caused the crash?
No. Enhanced Care is no-fault: the benefit follows the injury, not the blame.
Can a family member be paid to provide the care?
Yes. ICBC's reimbursement path allows you to hire a professional or someone close to you, like a family member, and be reimbursed for authorized costs. Direct billing, where ICBC pays the provider, is reserved for providers on ICBC's approved roster.
Does Salve bill ICBC directly?
Yes. Salve is on ICBC's Roster of Homemaking and Attendant Care Service Providers, and approved roster providers invoice ICBC directly at ICBC's pre-established rates. Families don't front the money while the claim is open.
How long does the benefit last?
As long as ICBC's assessment supports it: weeks or months for most recoveries, and ongoing for catastrophic injuries requiring permanent care. Reassessment follows the recovery.
What if we need more hours than ICBC authorizes?
The benefit covers what ICBC authorizes; anything beyond it is private pay at our published rates ($41 to $45 an hour caregiver-led). We quote the difference plainly on the 15-minute call so there are no surprises.
Sources.
Figures checked against these sources on July 27, 2026. ICBC adjusts benefit amounts each April 1; the pages below carry the current numbers.
If the funding picture still feels murky for your situation, that's what
the 15-minute call is for: we'll tell you what applies, what it pays, and
what the remainder would actually cost.
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