Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, right now we have long-term care facilities. And I know that the Member is aware of the one in Hay River. We have Yellowknife. We have new beds opening up in Yellowknife. We have a long-term care in the Beaufort Delta region, Fort Smith, and the Deh Cho, the Sahtu. Currently, there are expansions going on into some of those facilities. And I hear the Member that, you know, the people want to stay home. I know I hear it that, you know, closer to home, closer to the language, closer to their loved ones, closer to -- but, you know, at this time, like, the capacity to be able to care for seniors in some of the communities, you know, we try to -- when we look at housing, for instance, if we were to -- you know, in our small communities, you know, we have issues with trying to house nurses already. We have issues with trying to house teachers in those communities. We have -- you know, we have -- if we were to open a long-term care in every one of our small communities, I mean -- we do a needs assessment based on the territory and where the needs are. People can, you know, access those services to be on an application. And the needs right now, you know, are greater than what we have in our facilities and so that's why there's expansions in some of the regional areas where we have the staff that could take care of those clients. What we are doing is we're trying to expand into the small communities in home support and home care in the evenings and on weekends, you know, so that way seniors can stay at home longer, longer than they could before when we only had minimal long-term care -- home care and home support in the communities that we're basically running through Monday to Friday work hours. So thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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