By Rosalind Russell -The province is launching a new Capital Funding Program to build more long-term care homes faster, especially in regions impacted by labour shortages, supply chain constraints and other challenges like Northern Ontario.
Officials say the program will see a flexible, percentage-based funding model from the previous fixed, cost-per-bed model to better address construction and land cost variations across Ontario. The province says along with increased ministry funding, not-for-profit operators will also receive ministry funding earlier while eligible hospital and Indigenous operators can receive the entire amount of funding during their project’s construction period.
With files from Brad Aubin
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