Long Term Care Beds

• Ground broken for new long-term care homes in Madoc, Belleville

  The new long-term care home in Madoc will offer 128 new beds while the building in Belleville will feature 160 beds. Both facilities are being built as part of a campus of care.

  Health

  Nov 6
  
• Nova Scotia spending $45M on travel nurses to help in long-term care sector

  Unions in the province have been vocal against the use of travel nurses noting that the travel nurses make significantly more than nurses in the public care.

  Health

  Feb 14
  
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• Nova Scotia adds 600 new long term care beds to planned system increase

  Nova Scotia said the plan is to add 28 new single-bed rooms to the network this year, then 812 new rooms in 2025 and another 340 in 2027.

  Canada

  Jan 11
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• Elderly Salmon Arm, B.C. hospital patient highlights need for more long-term care beds

  The Salmon Arm, B.C., woman is ready to be discharged but there is no appropriate place for her to go.

  Health

  Feb 22, 2022
• Province announces nearly 200 new long-term care beds for Guelph

  In a virtual news conference on Tuesday, Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said three homes in Guelph would be getting new beds. 

  Health

  Feb 8, 2022
• N.S. to add 500 new beds to long-term care system in about ‘3 to 5 years’

  The new long-term care beds announced by the Nova Scotia government on Monday are for the Halifax region specifically, with a request for qualified suppliers issued.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2022
• Sask. government moves ahead with plan to develop 600 long-term care beds

  A plan to develop approximately 600 long-term care beds in Regina is moving forward, which the government says will meet the needs of seniors and build capacity for the future.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2021
• Nearly 500 more long-term care beds coming to B.C.’s Interior Health region

  There are currently about 6,000 long-term care beds across the Interior Health region.

  Health

  Jul 13, 2020
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• Ontario announces 36 new long-term care beds for home to replace Riverview Manor in Peterborough

  Riverview Manor will relocate once a new facility is built on Langton St. in Peterborough.

  Health

  Dec 17, 2019
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• Ontario NDP leader to visit Peterborough to discuss ‘worsening long-term care crisis’

  The average wait time for a long-term care bed in Peterborough is 4-5 years.

  Politics

  Nov 21, 2019