{"id":65942,"date":"2019-05-04T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=65942"},"modified":"2019-05-04T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T13:36:08","slug":"fairverns-holding-out-for-more-beds-as-part-of-its-redevelopment-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/fairverns-holding-out-for-more-beds-as-part-of-its-redevelopment-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairvern&#8217;s holding out for more beds as part of its redevelopment plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Town of Huntsville CAO Denise Corry told Huntsville Council at its April meeting that with the Province\u2019s recent announcement that it would be adding more long-term care beds to the system, Fairvern\u2019s redevelopment plans are on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the redevelopment plans call for a new 96-bed facility on lands behind the Huntsville hospital. \u201cThey do have their schematic design that they\u2019re trying to finalize with the consultant but until there\u2019s a final number [of beds], pending what the Province has recently announced, they are sort of in a hold mode right now,\u201d said Corry, who sits on Fairvern\u2019s capital redevelopment committee.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Scott Aitchison told his colleagues that in order for the new Fairvern to be successful it will require more than 96 beds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>One of the things that the folks at Fairvern have brought to our attention is that at 96 beds, the new Fairvern still won\u2019t be quite big enough and generate enough revenue to really be sustainable long-term.<cite>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison on Fairvern&#8217;s redevelopment plans<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At 96 beds they would probably start running into some of the very same issues that plagued them in the past. \u201cThey would get a little bit of money saved and something would go wrong with the elevator and they\u2019d be broke and scrambling for money,\u201d said Aitchison. \u201cSo what they have analyzed is that if they had a minimum of 32 more beds on top of the 96, that would be approaching the right critical mass of size and revenue at a minimum [so] that it could continue to operate as a not-for-profit community home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The Province has announced that it plans to add another <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/mohltc\/en\/2019\/03\/ontario-continuing-to-strengthen-the-public-health-care-system-with-more-support-for-ontario-seniors.html\">15,000 long-term care beds<\/a><\/span> to the system in the next five years, of which approximately 6,500 of those will be added this year, said Aitchison. In that context, Aitchison said the board of Fairvern asked him to reach out to Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott and Premier Doug Ford to see if they\u2019d consider approving more beds for Fairvern \u201cbecause now is the perfect time. You know they\u2019re ready right now to add those beds,\u201d said Aitchison, noting that if beds were added in future it would be costlier and more disruptive.<\/p>\n<p>Aitchison told his fellow councillors that he wrote a letter to the Minister as well as the Premier and was pleasantly surprised to get a call from the latter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI explained it to him in a little more detail and he was very supportive of the idea and said that he\u2019d be talking to the Minister and see what they could do to make sure we got some extra beds here,\u201d said Aitchison of his conversation with Premier Ford. He said the Premier also recognized that long-term care beds in communities like Huntsville are very much needed, as many people chose to retire here.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Tim Withey, who previously sat on the Fairvern redevelopment committee, said the approval process for initially going from 76 to 96 beds \u201cwas unbelievably brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the project cost, half of which was being provided by the District of Muskoka which had committed to $10.5 million in funding at the time, had gone from an estimated $22 million to \u201cI believe $26 [million] and climbing\u201d without adding more beds.<\/p>\n<p>He said part of the deal with the Ministry is that Fairvern come up with 50 per cent of the project cost and take out a loan for the remainder, which would then be paid back by the Ministry over a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain bullish on this project. It\u2019s something that\u2019s dear to my heart having been closely involved with it. I hope that this new government can move things a little bit quicker than in the past and I don\u2019t know where the extra funds are going to come from,\u201d Withey said, adding that perhaps another visit to the District may be in order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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