Health P.E.I. increasing cost of public long-term care homes
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Well being P.E.I. is rising the utmost day by day room price in public long-term care properties starting Aug. 1.
New residents coming into public long-term care can be paying a price of $105.78, a rise from $92.19, to align with personal long-term-care charges that got here into impact in March.
Present residents gained’t see a price change till Oct. 1 and might use the transition time to use for the Lengthy-Time period Care Subsidization Program if wanted.
“Matching charges between the personal and public sector ensures equality in prices for long-term care residents throughout P.E.I. for companies,” mentioned Andrew MacDougall, govt director of Group Well being and Seniors Care. “It additionally limits affect on demand for both personal sector or public sector properties primarily based on price variations.”
The well being authority mentioned 85 per cent of present residents within the public long-term care properties are already coated by the subsidization program and won’t be affected by the speed change, and anybody who has been affected has been immediately notified.
