More new and upgraded beds coming to local long-term care home

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says more new and upgraded beds are coming to a local long-term care home.

Walker announced in a release that 9 new and 119 upgraded beds, for a total of 128 new beds, are coming to Summit Place Long-Term Care home in Owen Sound. The official release states this announcement is "part of the government’s $6.4 billion commitment to build more than 30,000 net new beds by 2028 and 28,000 upgraded long-term care beds across the province."

The release also states that there are now 459 new and 435 upgraded long-term care beds in development, under construction or completed in Grey County, including the following projects:

• 62 new beds at Grey Gables
• 160 new beds in The Blue Mountains
• 9 new and 119 upgraded beds at Summit Place
• 28 new and 100 upgraded beds at Rockwood Terrace
• 51 new and 77 upgraded beds at Meaford LTC
• 58 new and 70 upgraded beds at The Village Seniors Community
• 91 new and 69 upgraded beds at Southbridge Owen Sound

“This is terrific news for our entire community. Our government has made an unprecedented investment of $6.4 billion to build and upgrade long-term care beds across the province,” says Walker. “This investment and others previously announced will help ensure our local seniors receive the quality of care they need and deserve. I’m very proud to say, with a total of 894 new and upgraded beds approved by our government for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, that locally we have more new beds than the previous Liberal government built in the entire province over their 15 years in government.”