Kingston, Ont. health-care officials react to province’s new plan
facility is part of the goal of healthy living, but the pressure of those who can’t has the province looking for a relief valve.“Getting out and meeting other people and you know, making new friends,” says KSA member Thea Young.The plan looks to get seniors out of hospitals, who don’t need to be there, and into long-term care facilities with open beds, while waiting for their preferred long-term care space to open up.
Dr. Vince DePaul is with the Queen’s University School of Rehabilitation, and says he isn’t sure how effective the plan will be.He says greater investments in community care, like the Oasis Project at the Bowling Green apartments in Kingston, could play a role. “The numbers are about, I think, almost $200 a day for somebody in long-term care, and something like $10 a day for Oasis,” says DePaul.Read more:Story continues below advertisement
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