The Government of Canada is delivering more than $27 million to provide better care for Nova Scotians living in long-term care!
As Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Seniors, I joined Minister Sean Fraser, along with provincial Ministers Barbara Adams and Michelle Thompson, to announce a Safe Long-term Care Fund (SLTCF) agreement with Nova Scotia.
This agreement with the province will strengthen long-term care across Nova Scotia, protecting seniors and ensuring a better quality of life.
This important funding will help Nova Scotia build on existing initiatives to improve infection prevention and control in long-term care homes like:
Hiring of LTC assistants to help with activities related to infection prevention and control such as screening visitors and supporting visitation requirements;
Developing an infection prevention and control program with a team of five Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) infection prevention and control clinicians along with support from the NSHA occupational health and safety team;
Promoting the Infection Control designate role and providing funding for LTC homes to hire clinical nurses throughout the province to work in this role with NSHA’s infection prevention and control (IPAC) team;
Increasing environmental supports to enhance infection prevention and control measures in LTC homes; and
Distributing PPE supplies to long-term care facilities as part of the COVID-19 response.
Huge thanks to many of my fellow NS MPs for attending to show our commitment for Nova Scotia’s seniors.
