TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Ontario government is redeveloping and expanding Temiskaming Lodge, a long-term care home in Temiskaming Shores. With over 20,000 new and 15,000 upgraded spaces in development, this investment is part of the province’s ongoing work to create a 21st century long-term care sector. An additional $4.9 billion investment over four years supports Ontario’s plan to hire more than 27,000 staff, including registered nurses, personal support workers and support staff. This transformative vision for long-term care is truly resident-centred and will provide the highest quality of care for our most vulnerable people, where and when they need it.
“We are committed to repairing and rebuilding Ontario’s long-term care sector after decades of neglect,” said Rod Phillips, Minister of Long-Term Care. “This brand new facility will be a comfortable, safe place for seniors to call home, near their family and friends.”
The Temiskaming Lodge long-term care home, expected to open in spring 2023, will provide 46 new and 82 upgraded, safe, modern long-term care spaces in Temiskaming Shores. Today’s ground-breaking moves the government a step closer to delivering 30,000 much-needed long-term care spaces over ten years.
The new building for Temiskaming Lodge long-term care home is another example of the Ontario government’s $2.68 billion ten-year plan for the delivery of 30,000 safe, modern, comfortable spaces for our seniors to call home. The previous government took seven years to build just 611 new beds across the province
Quick Facts
- The Ontario government is making a historic $2.68 billion investment in long-term care development. That includes a $933 million investment in 80 new long-term care projects this past March. This will lead to thousands of new and upgraded long-term care spaces across the province.
- Ontario now has 20,161 new and 15,918 redevelopment spaces in the development pipeline.
- Creating new long-term care spaces and redeveloping existing older spaces to modern standards is part of the Government of Ontario’s Long-Term Care Modernization Plan.
- As of February 2021, more than 40,000 people were on the waitlist to access a long-term care bed in Ontario. The average wait time is 147 days for residents currently living in community settings.
SOURCE: Province of Ontario
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