$786,000 FOR LOCAL LTC HOMES TO PROVIDE COMPLEX HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT

PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Long-term care providers will receive $786,453 from the province to assist residents with complex health needs.

Parry Sound-Muskoka residents will have access to new items such as IV equipment, bariatrics equipment bed support, bladder scanners, and ECGs. The funding also included important everyday things like slip-proof floor mats, wrap around bed rails and grab bars.

The money will also help reduce avoidable emergency department visits and hospital stays, says a government release from MPP Graydon Smith.

The funding goes to:

Fairvern	Huntsville	$12,846
Muskoka Landing	Huntsville	$34,990
Muskoka Shores Community	Gravenhurst	$48,571
The Pines	Bracebridge	$28,334
Belvedere Heights	Parry Sound	$336,291
Lakeland Long Term Care	Parry Sound	$325,422

Ontario’s Local Priorities Fund is part of a broader investment of over $120 million in 2022-23 and complements the recently launched Equipment and Training Fund, which helps long-term care homes purchase more diagnostic equipment and train staff to better manage and treat residents’ conditions that often lead to preventable hospital visits, such as urinary tract infections, falls, pneumonia and congestive heart failure.