New Brunswick to spend $329 million to boost nursing home capacity

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick will spend $329 million to create some-more nursing home spaces following the examination which resolved the highest demand for long-term care over the next decade will be in the province's three largest cities.The Conservative government's five-year devise will result in 354 some-more nursing home beds 57 some-more than the 2009 devise by the previous Liberal government, Social Development Minister Sue Stultz pronounced Thursday.Stultz pronounced the government's devise will additionally cost $110 million less."It became clear (the Liberal) devise was beyond our means, in all in the stream fiscal climate," Stultz said.The devise additionally involves the construction of brand new nursing homes as well as renovations to existent ones which start 859 nursing home beds.Stultz pronounced the supervision will find savings by repairing some homes rather than replacing them, as well as by using the common pattern for brand new homes.She pronounced the province's Infrastructure Department would take over the management of nursing home pattern as well as construction."This will reduce altogether costs for projects previously managed by individual nursing home boards," she said.Opposition Liberal Leader Victor Boudreau pronounced the supervision is cutting corners on the backs of seniors."They're building them cheaper as well as they're trying to lower the standards," Boudreau said."There may be the short-term gain there, but which equates to which nursing homes are going to need to be replaced sooner as well as cost some-more to heat. It is not the smart way to go."The supervision has cancelled brand new nursing homes in Dalhousie as well as Miramichi, opting instead to repair existent homes. Boudreau accused the supervision of personification politics because both homes are in Liberal ridings.The government's announcement comes after the demographic analysis found which the demand for long-term care services is greatest in the Moncton, Saint John as well as Fredericton areas. It additionally pronounced there is an altogether growing need for services for seniors with Alzheimer's disease as well as dementia.The supervision additionally pronounced 704 specialized care beds will be created by the private sector for people with Alzheimer's disease as well as dementia. Stultz pronounced the specialized homes will yield some-more appropriate care as well as be the cheaper alternative to nursing homes.Michael Keating, executive director of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing homes, pronounced he's in all pleased with the plan. But he pronounced some communities where previously announced brand new nursing homes have been scrapped will be disappointed.The provincial supervision does not own nursing homes but funds 80 per cent of their operations, totalling some-more than $288 million annually.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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