Construction begins on Extendicare Stittsville project
The Ontario government has announced the start of construction on a new long-term care home in the west Ottawa neighbourhood of Stittsville.
Once complete, the new Extendicare Stittsville will provide 256 upgraded, modern long-term care beds. The home is expected to start receiving residents in the fall of 2023.
“After decades of neglect and underfunding, our government is fixing Ontario’s long-term care sector and building modern, safe, comfortable homes for our seniors,” said Long-Term Care Minister Rod Phillips Care. “When the new Extendicare Stittsville is completed, it will have 256 beds for seniors in the community to call home, near their family and friends.”
Extendicare Stittsville will have specific design improvements, including semi-private and private rooms, no ward rooms, larger resident common areas, air conditioning throughout and additional design features for infection prevention and control.
“Today’s ground-breaking is exciting news which marks the starting point for building modern, quality living spaces for the senior population in Stittsville and Carleton,” said Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari. “Our government has been taking the necessary steps to improve the lives of our loved ones by building and upgrading long-term care homes that are safe and comfortable.”
This project is a direct result of the Ontario government’s historic $2.68 billion investment in long-term care development to deliver 30,000 new beds over ten years and redevelop existing, older homes, to increase access to long-term care, reduce waitlists, and ease hospital capacity pressures.
Ontario now has 20,161 new and 15,918 redevelopment beds in the development pipeline, and has issued a new call for applications to develop more long-term care homes.
The province is also providing up to $270 million this year to long-term care homes to increase staffing levels by 4,050 new long-term care staff across the province, leading to more direct care for residents. This is part of the province’s $4.9 billion commitment to hire more than 27,000 long-term care staff over four years and ensure that residents receive on average four hours of direct care per day by 2024-25.