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While Fairvern\u2019s volunteer board and administrative staff are optimistic about the nursing home\u2019s redevelopment, they won\u2019t get by without a little help from friends.<\/p>\n

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Why redevelop now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 67-year-old former Huntsville hospital building no longer meets Ministry standards and its time is ticking. The not-for-profit long-term care home has been classed as a C facility, one up from becoming a D, which means you either redevelop in some form or risk getting shut down.<\/p>\n

But that scenario isn\u2019t sitting well with anyone.<\/p>\n

A bit about Fairvern<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fairvern provides 76 licensed beds in Huntsville that serve people in need of support as well as their families. It has a waiting list of about 200 people at any given time and it has an annual operating budget of about $5.3 million. It gets $3.7 million from the Province, $1.5 million from resident co-payments and about $100,000 from fundraisers and donations, according to a report compiled by a Fairvern consultant. That same report states it spends 81 per cent of its operating budget on payroll employing 102 people. According to Fairvern Administrator Tracey Badger, the jobs are made up of a combination of full-time, part-time and casual positions as well as nine non-unionized administrative ones.<\/p>\n

Badger pointed out that Fairvern also serves as a place of training for future nurses. \u201cThis year we have hired four RN (Registered Nurse) students who will work as PSWs (Personal Support Workers) for the summer, so they get experience in long-term care. Hopefully some of them will come home to work here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Badger is hopeful the redevelopment will move forward expeditiously in order to meet and exceed the Ministry\u2019s standards. Among its current shortfalls: its doorways are barely wide enough to fit wheelchairs, the washrooms are not big enough, the hallways are too long and confusing for certain residents, and the home\u2019s basic accommodation means four patients in one room sharing a bathroom. That will change with the redevelopment, explained Badger, with basic accommodation seeing two patients in a room sharing a common bathroom as per Ministry standards.<\/p>\n

Farivern’s current redevelopment plan estimated at $18 million<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison and District Chair John Klink put pen to paper last July. They urged the chair of the North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network<\/a> \u2013 which administers health care funding dollars in Muskoka, most of the County of Simcoe and a portion of Grey County \u2013 to support the home\u2019s redevelopment. Fairvern has already submitted a redevelopment proposal for its 76-bed home to the Ministry and is awaiting final approval. Attempts to get more licensed beds have not been successful. Its proposal would see a new building constructed on the same lands at an estimated price tag of $18 million, but the Province would only fund about $10 million of it.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re exploring their options by looking at possible grants, borrowing options, fundraisers as well as asking the municipal sector to pitch in. The latter, according to Aitchison, has been well received.<\/p>\n

They would be, hopefully, in a position to borrow some money, put a mortgage on a new building but they probably wouldn\u2019t be able to borrow enough to cover the whole thing so they\u2019ve met with myself a couple of times, District Chair John Klink and obviously District staff about the District coming on board with some support financially as well for the project. Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He said Commissioner of Community Services Rick Williams has \u201cably demonstrated the importance of Fairvern, not just to Huntsville but all of Muskoka and the role it serves for the whole community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huntsville Mayor makes a case for District support<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aitchison also noted that when the Muskoka Act was created one of the requirements of the region was to construct and operate a long-term care facility. \u201cAnd they\u2019ve done that, they\u2019ve done that twice actually. They built the Pines and then they built the new Pines, so that\u2019s happened twice in Bracebridge, I think there\u2019s probably a pretty solid case to be made that there\u2019s a role for the District to play in supporting a Fairvern facility in Huntsville.\u201d<\/p>\n

Group to look at Fairvern redevelopment issue<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fairvern Board Chair Rob Laver and Administrator Tracey Badger are excited and hopeful about the home’s redevelopment.<\/p><\/div>\n

A group comprised of Fairvern, District and Huntsville representatives will be meeting to further discuss the issue. Discussions are expected to include the home\u2019s existing redevelopment plan and funding, as well as the idea of the District lending the home administrative support, among other scenarios. You can find the District report by clicking on this link<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

When asked about the idea of the District taking over the administration of Fairvern, Aitchison said it is one of the options that will be explored.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt currently operates as a not-for-profit organization with a volunteer board. I think that\u2019s worked well. I guess the question that needs to be answered is if in fact it were to become a municipal facility, would there be economies of scale to be found by one organization operating two facilities as opposed to having separate organizations? It sort of speaks to the same issue we\u2019ve been talking about with healthcare in general, really. All these\u2026 different siloed organizations and trying to find savings through merging agencies and having these more vertically integrated.\u201d<\/p>\n

District Commissioner Williams reiterated the importance of the home. \u201cFairvern has a good history here. Long-term care is in high demand in our community that we need to service and it\u2019s also a good basis for employment. There\u2019s over 100 staff that are tied to the organization. So for those purposes, I think both the Town and the District are keen to help out to make sure that Fairvern remains a vital operation and remains located and operating in Muskoka,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A report is expected to be presented to District Council following discussions.<\/p>\n

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