Individuals within our long-term care facilities have a wide range of different challenges. As I indicated previously, we do an assessment of each individual to identify their needs and their specific needs and develop personal care plans based on the individual's needs. Having said that, in our new facilities we have a lot more structures built into the buildings themselves so that we can isolate different areas and keep individuals, whether they have dementia or not, separated from each other when there are issues, when there is a risk of violence. So our new facilities do have the ability to do exactly what the Member is discussing. As a note, we are currently moving forward with the construction of an expansion to Woodland Manor which will be a current and modern facility, with all the structures in place that exist within all of our current modern long-term care facilities. So that new expansion will have the ability to do exactly what the Member is discussing, as does our new facility in Behchoko, as does our new facility in Norman Wells, and more modern facilities such as the dementia centres that have been built over the years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Glen Abernethy on Question 311-18(2): Safety Concerns In Long-Term Care Facilities
In the Legislative Assembly on October 13th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 311-18(2): Safety Concerns In Long-Term Care Facilities
Oral Questions
October 12th, 2016
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