{"id":6268,"date":"2023-11-30T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2023-11-30T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:08:07","slug":"north-queens-nursing-home-to-be-replaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/north-queens-nursing-home-to-be-replaced\/","title":{"rendered":"North Queens Nursing Home to be replaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4716\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4716\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210927_111500_resized-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands smiling in front of a large truck\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210927_111500_resized-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210927_111500_resized-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210927_111500_resized-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210927_111500_resized.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queens MLA Kim Masland. Photo Ed Halverson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Residents of North Queens will soon have a new long-term care home to call their own.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Masland, Minister of Public Works and MLA for Queens, on behalf of Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Barbara Adams, made the announcement Tuesday November 28.<\/p>\n<p>People living in and around Caledonia, will have access to a new, modern long-term care facility with the replacement of the North Queens Nursing Home.<\/p>\n<p>The new North Queens Nursing Home is expected to replace the existing home when it opens in 2032.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility will provide care for close to 50 seniors with single rooms, each with its own private washroom.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Masland says eventually everyone needs some help and the new home will be a resource for families when they need it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At some point, almost of us will have a loved one in need of long-term care,&#8221; said Minister Masland. &#8220;We are planning today to ensure that the appropriate facilities are in place so that everyone we care about can have a safe and welcoming place to receive the care they need, when they need it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The North Queens Nursing Home replacement is part of the recent addition of 2,200 rooms to the Province&#8217;s long-term care infrastructure plan.The provincial government is promising more announcements about locations of new and replacement rooms are coming in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Those announcements can\u2019t come too soon. As of Nov 15, there were just over 1,700 people waiting at home for placement in long-term care.<\/p>\n<p>To hear the broadcast version of this story click play below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:edhalversonnews@gmail.com\">edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6268-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/New-North-Queens-LTC-Home-Nov-29-23.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/New-North-Queens-LTC-Home-Nov-29-23.mp3\">https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/New-North-Queens-LTC-Home-Nov-29-23.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of North Queens will soon have a new long-term care home to call their own. Kim Masland, Minister of Public Works and MLA for Queens, on behalf of Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Barbara Adams, made the announcement Tuesday November 28. 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