Two senior care facilities in Huron County are expanding.
Huron-Bruce Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson announced 69 new spaces and 91 upgraded spaces for Maitland Manor in Goderich, along with 27 new spaces and 69 upgraded spaces for the Braemar Retirement Centre, in Wingham.
The announcements were part of Ontario’s $933 million investment in similar projects province wide.
Thompson tells Country 104.9 News the upgrades have been a long-time coming.
“We have been talking for some time in terms of recognizing our numbers are growing when it comes to seniors in Huron County,” Thompson says.
“I’ve been advocating with the Minister of Long Term Care that there is a need throughout the riding of Huron-Bruce.”
Thompson also expects the long-term care expansion will meet the future needs of the region.
“They [staff] feel very good that the projected new beds — in combination with the upgraded beds — will certainly meet the needs.”
Additional funding was also announced for several senior and retirement homes across Huron and Bruce counties, including:
- Anfield Manor (Clinton) $ 20,650
- Queensway Retirement Community (Hensall) 24,989
- RVilla Retirement Living (Ripley) 29,599
- Seaforth Retirement Community 23,633
- Sepoy Manor (Lucknow) 21,735
- Tiverton Park Manor 28,786
- Trillium Court (Kincardine) 31,497
- Exeter Villa 32,040
- Gilbert Hall Retirement Home (Wingham) 19,023
- Goderich Place Retirement Residence 42,616
- Hampton Court (Southampton) 23,633
- Harbour Hill Retirement Suites (Goderich) 32,853
- Kingsway Arms at Elgin Lodge (Port Elgin) 46,684
- Malcolm Place Retirement Residence (Kincardine) 26,616
- Maple Court Retirement Residence (Walkerton) 29,057
- Maplewood Manor (Seaforth) 23,091
- Nine Mile Villa Inc. (Lucknow) 20,379
Following the ON Govt’s budget: Protecting Health & Jobs and specifically the $933 million commitment to 80 LTC projects, I shared with the #Goderich community that #MaitlandManor is being allocated 59 new & 91 upgraded spaces, @GoderichON will have a new 160 bed facility pic.twitter.com/AKDMIx9PhQ
— Lisa Thompson (@LisaThompsonMPP) March 25, 2021
