Keeping a lid on COVID in our long-term care homes just got a little easier, thanks to another cash infusion from Queen’s Park.
On Wednesday John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke announced Ontario is investing an additional $1.09 million to increase prevention and containment efforts in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke LTCs during the second wave of COVID-19.
The new funding will cover eligible expenses related to establishing or maintaining a 24/7 health checkpoint at each facility to assure proper symptom screening for taff and essential caregivers entering the building, and to continue screening residents on an ongoing basis in the interest of early detection and containment.
The money may also be used to hire additional staff due to workload or absences, purchase cleaning and operating supplies and Implement mandated infection control measures.
A list of homes receiving the additional funding and the dollar value attached is posted on our website:
Bonnechere Manor is receiving an additional $191,000, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $986,000
Caressant Care Cobden is receiving an additional $61,900, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $310,500
Groves Park Lodge is receiving an additional $355,100, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $792,300
Marianhill Nursing Home is receiving an additional $199,500, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $679,500
Miramachi Lodge is receiving an additional $105,000, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $898,400
North Renfrew Long-Term Care Services is receiving an additional $39,200, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $227,600
The Four Seasons Lodge is receiving an additional $31,000, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $209,600
The Grove, Arnprior and District Nursing Home is receiving an additional $67,500, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $445,200
Valley Manor Nursing Home is receiving an additional $45,000, bringing the total prevention and containment support since the start of the pandemic to $435,000
Additionally, the government has launched one of the largest recruitment and training drives in the province’s history, culminating in $1.9 billion contributed annually by 2024-25, to create more than 27,000 new positions for PSWs, RNs and RPNs in the sector.
