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The Ontario government will provide up to $270 million this year to long-term care homes across the province to increase staffing levels, leading to more direct care for residents.

This includes $3,091,952 for long-term care homes in Brantford-Brant. This is part of the province’s commitment to ensure long-term care residents receive, on average, four hours of direct care per day by 2024-25. It was also announced that as part of the government’s plan to fix long-term care, it will bring forward legislation that will enshrine its commitment to four hours of care into law.

These funds will increase care for residents at:

  • John Noble Home, in Brantford, will receive up to $555,696 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $3,403,560 annually more than their current funding.
  • St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre, in Brantford, will receive up to $730,242 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $4,472,616 annually more than their current funding.
  • Fox Ridge Care Community, in Brantford, will receive up to $434,584 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $2,661,756 annually more than their current funding.
  • Hardy Terrace, in Brantford, will receive up to $317,031 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $1,941,768 annually more than their current funding.
  • Brierwood Gardens, in Brantford, will receive up to $281,411 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $1,723,596 annually more than their current funding.
  • Iroquois Lodge Nursing Home, in Ohsweken, will receive up to $178,111 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $1,090,884 annually more than their current funding.
  • Telfer Place, in Paris, will receive up to $124,673 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $763,620 annually more than their current funding.
  • Park Lane Terrace Nursing Home, in Paris, will receive up to $470,204 for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents. By the year 2024-2025, the home will receive $2,879,940 annually more than their current funding.

“This funding will allow homes in our community to hire and retain more staff so they can provide more care to residents, every day,” said MPP Will Bouma. “This is part of our government’s plan to hire thousands of new staff over the next four years to ensure those living in long-term care get the high-quality care they need and deserve.”

“We know that more qualified staff means more daily care for residents,” said Rod Phillips, Minister of Long-Term Care. “Hiring more staff is part of our government’s plan to fix long-term care and to improve the quality of care residents receive and the quality of life they experience.” 

Currently, residents receive an average of two hours and 45 minutes of direct care from nurses and personal support workers. This funding will increase the daily average to 3 hours, per resident per day by the end of this fiscal year. This funding also includes $42.8M to homes to increase care by allied health care professionals (such as physiotherapists and social workers) by 10% this year.

The government is investing $4.9 billion over four years to boost direct resident care to an average of four hours daily by increasing care staff by more than 27,000 people. Hiring thousands of new staff at long-term homes and increasing the amount of care they deliver each year will be made possible by annual funding increases to homes including $270 million in 2021-22, $673 million in 2022-23, $1.25 billion in 2023-24 and $1.82 billion in 2024-25.

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