{"id":157135,"date":"2024-06-25T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=157135"},"modified":"2024-06-25T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:35:01","slug":"province-announces-investments-in-long-term-care-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/province-announces-investments-in-long-term-care-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Province announces investments in long-term care in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the office of MPP Graydon Smith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Ontario government is investing in local long-term care homes in Parry Sound-Muskoka, to help connect residents with complex needs like dementia and bariatric care to the right care in the right place, while also reducing avoidable emergency department visits and hospital stays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur long-term care homes play a key role in helping residents stay in the community they grew up in,\u201d said Graydon Smith, Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP.  \u201cI\u2019m thankful that our government is making smart and strategic investments in these facilities so that residents get the support they need to stay close to family and friends.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the funding, six homes in Parry Sound-Muskoka are receiving $786,453. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Fairvern <\/td>  Huntsville <\/td>  $12,846 <\/td><\/tr>
  Muskoka Landing <\/td>  Huntsville <\/td>  $34,990 <\/td><\/tr>
  Muskoka Shores Community <\/td>  Gravenhurst <\/td>  $48,571 <\/td><\/tr>
  The Pines <\/td>  Bracebridge <\/td>  $28,334 <\/td><\/tr>
  Belvedere Heights <\/td>  Parry Sound <\/td>  $336,291 <\/td><\/tr>
  Lakeland Long Term Care <\/td>  Parry Sound <\/td>  $325,422 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The funding will help long-term care homes purchase items such as IV equipment, bariatrics equipment bed support, bladder scanners, and ECGs. The funding even goes towards important everyday things like slip-proof floor mats, wrap around bed rails, and grab bars.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur government is continuing to take action to ensure long-term care residents across Ontario get the right care in the right place,\u201d said Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Minister of Long-Term Care. \u201cThis funding will expand specialized staffing, equipment and other services at homes across the province so long-term care residents with complex needs can connect to the care they need, when and where they need it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2022, the Local Priorities Fund invested $20 million in 2022-23 to help long-term care homes purchase specialized equipment and train staff to provide more specialized care, so more homes can welcome residents who have complex needs but no longer require acute care in hospital. The fund also helped current residents who have new, or increasingly complex medical or specialized equipment needs which could not be previously accommodated in their long-term care home, helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough the Local Priorities Fund, our government is continuing to ensure that Ontarians, at every stage of life, have access to the care and support they need, when they need it,\u201d said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. \u201cThis investment builds on the historic work our government is doing to provide people with the right care, in settings most convenient to them, whether in their community or in their home.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Local Priorities Fund is part of a broader investment of over $120 million in 2022-23 and complements the recently launched\u202fEquipment and Training Fund<\/a>, which helps long-term care homes purchase more diagnostic equipment and train staff to better manage and treat residents\u2019 conditions that often lead to preventable hospital visits, such as urinary tract infections, falls, pneumonia and congestive heart failure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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