Modernizing Long-Term Care
New funding will ensure seniors get the safe and modern living spaces they deserve
From the beginning of this pandemic, our PC government has made it clear that we will do whatever it takes to protect our long-term care residents.
To that end, we are investing $933 million in 80 new long-term care projects, which will lead to thousands of additional new and upgraded long-term care spaces across the province.
“Our most vulnerable deserve the support they need when they need it in a setting that provides comfort and caring,” said Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, MPP for Kanata-Carleton and Minister of Long-Term Care. “Today’s investment is part of the government’s comprehensive plan to modernize long-term care for generations to come. It will increase access to long-term care, reduce waitlists, and ease hospital capacity pressures.”
These projects will add 7,510 new spaces and upgrade 4,197 spaces, helping to reduce waitlists and end hallway medicine. Criteria for selecting the projects being announced today included:
- Upgrading older homes in response to lessons learned around improved Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) measures, particularly the elimination of three and four-bed rooms;
- Adding spaces to areas where there is high need;
- Addressing the growing needs of diverse groups, including Francophone and Indigenous communities; and/or,
- Promoting campuses of care to better address the specialized care needs of residents.
This historic investment will provide our seniors with the safe and modern living spaces they deserve, after decades of neglect and underinvestment by previous governments.