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| Last updated at 12:10 PM on 23/11/09 |
Old Janeway site to be location of new long-term care facility  
The Telegram
A new provincial long-term care facility, scheduled to open in 2013, will be built in the Pleasantville area of St. John’s.
Health Minister Jerome Kennedy, acting Transportation Minister Tom Marshall and the CEO of the Eastern Health Authority Vickie Kaminski made the announcement at Confederation Building this morning.
The new home will have two, four-storey residential buildings linked to a main building.
The centre building will house recreation, spiritual, housekeeping and other shared facilities.
The complex will be built on the former site of the Janeway Children’s Hospital Apartments, and was picked from a list of seven possible locations.
In this year’s budget, the province announced $3 million for design and site work.
The site is currently being remediated to remove hazardous materials. The province hopes to call the first construction tender for the project in the spring.
The new facility will replace the Hoyles-Escasoni complex.
That complex currently has 377 beds. The new home, which may or may not be renamed, will have a total of 460 beds, an increase of 83 beds.
More in Tuesday’s Telegram.
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Curious from NL writes: Our province’s population is aging faster than any other Canadian jurisdiction,” said Minister Kennedy. “We made a commitment to upgrade and modernize long-term care homes in Newfoundland and Labrador so that we are prepared to respond to the needs of seniors who may require long-term care now or in the future. Programming and design work has already begun on these new homes, so we are well on our way to see this project become a reality.”
With an aging population and existing shortages, 83 beds is the net gain? I hope I am missing something, some additional piece of the plan, because this doesn't seem like enough additional beds.
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