TORONTO — Construction is underway at a new Yee Hong Finch home in Scarborough. This home is one of 67 long-term care home projects fast-tracked this fall with support from the Ontario government’s increased provincial construction funding subsidy. This is part of the Ontario government’s commitment to build more than 58,000 new and upgraded long-term care beds across the province.
“Congratulations to Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care on their ground-breaking for a new home. Our government is fixing long-term care and ensuring we build homes for seniors in the communities they helped build,” said Stan Cho, Minister of Long-Term Care. “Today marks a significant milestone for Scarborough. When construction is complete, 224 residents will have a new, modern and comfortable place to call home.”
Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care
The new home will provide 224 new beds and is expected to welcome its first residents in spring 2026. The five-storey building will be part of a senior living complex located between the existing Yee Hong Finch Centre and Yee Hong Garden Terrace. It will feature design improvements, including secured gardens and outdoor café seating, larger resident common areas and air conditioning throughout the home. The design is centred around ‘resident home areas’, each of which creates a more intimate and familiar living space for up to 28 residents, with dining and activity areas, lounges and bedrooms.
The home intends to be part of a campus of care, which helps integrate the long-term care home into the broader health care system and ensures residents can conveniently connect to the care they need. The home also intends to offer culturally appropriate services to the Chinese, Japanese, South Asian and Filipino communities, and individuals of other diverse backgrounds.
As a result of the government’s supplemental increase to the construction funding subsidy, which was designed to stimulate the start of construction for more long-term care homes across Ontario, 67 projects received ministry approval to construct between April 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023. This means 11,199 new and upgraded beds are now being built to modern design standards across the province.
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 development project for Yee Hong Finch II is a not-for-profit home that will be licensed to and operated by Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care.
- As part of its plan to fix long-term care and address sector waitlists, the government is building more than 30,000 net new long-term care beds in Ontario by 2028 and upgrading more than 28,000 older beds to modern design standards.
- 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.
- As of September 2023, more than 43,000 people were on the waitlist to access a long-term care bed in Ontario. The median wait time is 118 days for applicants to be placed in long-term care.
Quotes
“Thirty years ago, I supported Yee Hong’s very first long-term care application and now three decades later I am here to celebrate the additional 224 beds coming to Yee Hong. Now, Yee Hong will have over 1,000 long-term care beds to serve the people in our community.”
– Raymond Cho
MPP for Scarborough North and Minister for Seniors and Accessibility
“Yee Hong is proud to be one of the highest quality providers of culturally appropriate, person-centred seniors care in the GTA. This ground-breaking at our Finch continuum of care campus continues our partnership with the Ministry of Long-Term Care and our community partners to increase access to culturally appropriate seniors care across the GTA. This milestone marks one of the significant ways Yee Hong is continuing to expand its impact, in a new home that will empower seniors as active community members – living their lives to the fullest with independence, health and dignity.”
– Dr. San Ng
Chief Executive Officer, Yee Hong Centre
“Today marks a pivotal moment in Yee Hong’s commitment to culturally appropriate long-term care and our unwavering support for our community’s elders. As we break ground on this new Finch II home, we sow the seeds of a nurturing environment where compassion, dignity and respect will bloom and blossom. It is a shining example of how our government–community partnership works to benefit our seniors, and a testament to the passion and dedication of our donors, sponsors, staff and supporters to enriching the lives of those who have paved the way for us.”
– Dr. Joseph Y. K. Wong
Founder and Board Chair, Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation
SOURCE Province of Ontario
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