Several long term care homes in Southwestern Ontario are getting a funding boost from the province to hire more staff.
Monte McNaughton, MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, announced more than $8 million for 11 long-term care homes in the region to increase staffing levels.
McNaughton said new funding will lead to more hands-on care for residents.
“Everyone in our community deserves dignified healthcare that meets their specific needs,” said McNaughton.
McNaughton said this provincial funding is part of up to $673 million in total this year to long-term care homes across the province to increase staffing levels and improve care for residents.
He noted seniors entering long-term care today are older and have more complex medical needs than they did just a decade ago and the money will help the province boost direct care for residents to an average of four hours daily by investing in more than 27,000 additional staff over four years.
The long term care homes getting the funding for staffing are:
- North Lambton Rest Home in Forest ($767,472)
- Strathmere Lodge in Strathroy ($1,395,420)
- Watford Quality Care Centre in Watford ($444,792)
- Craigholme Nursing Home in Alisa Craig ($610,488)
- Middlesex Terrace Limited in Delaware ($671,544)
- Country Terrace Nursing Home in Komoka ($968,064)
- Babcock Community Care Centre in Wardsville ($366,300)
- Chateau Gardens Parkhill Long Term Care Centre in Parkhill ($558,168)
- Fairfield Park in Wallaceburg ($898,308)
- Sprucedale Care Centre in Strathroy ($837,252)
- Oneida Long Term Care Home in Southwold ($558,168)
McNaughton also announced the province is adding four new beds and upgrading 60 beds at the Babcock Community Care Centre in Wardsville, adding 44 new beds and upgrading 116 beds at Caressant Care on Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, and adding 36 new beds and upgrading 60 beds at Caressant Care on Mary Bucke Street in St. Thomas.
The new and upgraded beds are part of the province’s commitment to build more than 30,000 new long-term care beds by 2028 and upgrade 28,000 existing beds across the province at a cost of $6.4 billion.
