GREATER NAPANEE — Construction is underway at Village Green, a redeveloped long-term care home in Lennox and Addington County. This is part of the Ontario government’s $6.4 billion commitment to build more than 30,000 new beds by 2028 and 28,000 upgraded long-term care beds across the province.
“Congratulations to Village Green on their ground-breaking for an upgraded, modernized home. Our government is fixing long-term care and a key part of that plan is building modern, safe and comfortable homes for our seniors,” said Paul Calandra, Minister of Long-Term Care. “Today marks a significant milestone and when construction is completed, 128 residents will have a new place to call home, near their family and friends.”
A great afternoon with @ricbresee_mpp announcing the start of construction on another new long-term care home in Greater Napanee.
When residents said they wanted to live in new long-term care homes, we listened.
That’s why we’re building new homes across Ontario. pic.twitter.com/lGt9LDBLCY
— Paul Calandra (@PaulCalandra) August 2, 2023
The new 128-bed home will be built at a new location in Greater Napanee and will provide 62 new and 66 upgraded beds in private and basic rooms. The new home will also feature design improvements including larger resident common areas and air conditioning throughout the home. The design is centred around ‘resident home areas’ to create more intimate and familiar living spaces for up to 32 residents, with dining and activity areas, lounges and bedrooms. The redevelopment of Village Green is expected to be completed and welcoming its first residents in spring 2025.
In addition to projects like Village Green in Greater Napanee, Ontario is supporting another project in Greater Napanee, at Lennox & Addington County General Hospital. Together, these two projects will provide 190 new and 66 upgraded long-term care beds, for a total of 256 beds built to modern design standards.
The government is fixing long-term care to ensure Ontario’s seniors get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve, both now and in the future. The plan is built on four pillars: staffing and care; quality and enforcement; building modern, safe and comfortable homes; and connecting seniors with faster, more convenient access to the services they need.
Quick Facts
- The Ontario government is on track to build 30,000 much-needed new long-term care beds in the province by 2028, and is redeveloping older beds to modern design standards. Through a $6.4 billion investment, Ontario has 31,705 new and 28,648 upgraded beds in the planning, construction and opening stages of the development process. This will help increase overall bed capacity, address long-term care waitlists and hallway health care, and provide our seniors with the care they deserve.
- Building more modern, safe and comfortable homes for our seniors is part of the Government of Ontario’s Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021.
- The province is taking innovative steps to get long-term care homes built, including modernizing its funding model, selling unused lands with the requirement that long-term care homes be built on portions of the properties, and leveraging hospital-owned land to build urgently needed homes in large urban areas.
- The Ontario government is providing a supplemental increase to the construction funding subsidy to stimulate the start of construction by August 31, 2023 for more long-term care homes across the province, including the Village Green project. Not-for-profit homes have the option to receive a portion of the funding as an up-front construction grant payable at the start of construction. The supplemental increase is part of the funding for long-term care home development.
- As of April 2023, more than 40,000 people were on the waitlist to access a long-term care bed in Ontario. The median wait time is 123 days for applicants to be placed in long-term care.
Quotes
“The seniors in our community deserve to have good places to live out their years. I am proud that this government has done what the previous government dithered on for 15 years. We are building 30,000 new long-term care beds, and we are training thousands of healthcare staff to provide the enhanced four hours of care per day service that we have mandated.”
– Ric Bresee
MPP for Hastings—Lennox and Addington
“We are thrilled to be working with the Ontario government to address the demands for long-term care in our community. Driving change to meet stronger needs for exceptional care and quality living aligns closely with our mission and values. We look forward to welcoming our new residents home.”
– Raheem Hirji
President & CEO, Omni Quality Living
SOURCE Province of Ontario
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