long-term care
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario budget promises support, new beds for long-term care
The Ontario Government is planning to eliminating “hallway healthcare” by adding and upgrading long-term care beds throughout the province.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Income and housing security top senior concerns
Canada's largest seniors' advocacy organization is prioritizing housing needs for different stages of aging among five key issues it plans to champion this year.
REMI Network
Nursing homes can curb infection risk: U.S. report
A new assessment has found that participation in a national health collaborative that promotes evidence-based IPC can curb the risk of infection.
REMI Network
Healthcare workers often go to work sick: study
Healthcare workers in clinical settings, such as long-term care facilities, often refuse to stay home from work when experiencing influenza-like symptoms.
REMI Network
Ontario care facilities get maintenance funding boost
Fifty nine community health organizations across Ontario will receive $4.1 million to repair and upgrade care facilities.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario invests in long-term care home renos
Ontario is investing in upgrades to over 300 long-term care homes that are eligible to receive a construction funding subsidy. Long-term care homes allow adults
Canadian Facility Management & Design
$25.1-mil long-term care facility opens in Kipling
A $25.1-million long-term care facility recently celebrated its official grand opening in Kipling, Sask. The Kipling Integrated Health Centre replaces the aging Willowdale Lodge long-term care facility and the Kipling Memorial Health Centre.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Saskatchewan long-term care centre now open
A $22-million long-term care facility has officially opened in Radville, Sask., six years after the provincial government announced it would be replacing 13 long-term care centres across the province. The Radville Marian Health Centre features 25 long-term care beds, five of which are multi-purpose (used for observation, respite or palliative care), and emergency services.