Media Release from Mississippi River Health Alliance

FROM: Mississippi River Health Alliance

MEDIA RELEASE - Additional Fairview Manor Funding Supports Safe, High-Quality Care

John Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Long-Term Care, visited Fairview Manor yesterday to make a welcome announcement. 

As part of its Local Priorities Fund, the government has provided $89,550 for specialized bariatric equipment and supplies, as well as IV infusion pumps.

“We’re expanding specialized services and supports for long-term care residents in eastern Ontario, so that people with complex needs get the care they need and deserve in the comfort of a home, instead of a hospital,” said John Jordan at the announcement. “Our government is taking action to ensure Ontario’s seniors get the right care in the right place.”

Some Local Priorities Fund projects help residents get specialized care in their long-term care home, reducing emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Others help long-term care homes admit alternate level of care hospital patients – people who no longer require acute care in hospital, but who have complex needs that are difficult to accommodate without specialized services and supports.

"Thank you to MPP John Jordan and the Ministry of Long-Term Care for this welcome funding. Specialized equipment purchased through the Local Priorities Fund helps us to provide the safe, high-quality care that our residents require and deserve, and gives their families peace of mind that their loved ones are being well cared for,” noted Mary Wilson Trider, President and CEO. “The funding has also been used to remove barriers that may prevent us from welcoming other residents with unique needs into our home. At Fairview Manor, our team strives to give each resident the kind of care that we would want for our own family members."

This funding is part of a $20 million investment in 2022-23 in 189 projects provincewide through a new Local Priorities Fund operated by Ontario Health.

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Media Contact:
Jane Adams
Mississippi River Health Alliance
613-729-4864        
jane@brainstorm.nu