The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities is welcoming news the province will be soon announcing calls for proposals for new long-term bed developments.

“We are pleased that the government is moving forward and taking concrete action to increase the number of long-term care beds in the province,” said Mayor Al Spacek of Kapuskasing and FONOM President. “Northern Ontario feels the effects of an aging population disproportionately than the rest of the province. We hope the North will see their fair share of new beds.”

The government had committed to creating 5,000 new long-term care beds by 2022 and over 30,000 new beds over the next decade which was outlined in their recent paper, Aging with Confidence: Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors, and reiterated in the Fall Economic Statement.

FONOM is urging it’s membership to begin preparing proposals to submit to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

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