Emergency room pressures

Every time there is a new announcement to replace or add LTC beds we should be told the ratio of beds to 1,000 seniors 75+ .This is public money which could be better spent building up community options ( I see that some money is going to Home Care)to promote care nearer the patients.......I cannot tell from this article if , in population terms, this is bringing Waterloo up to the plimsol line of other areas or not. Even if it isn't surely this would be an ideal opportunity to try something else? Responding to the insatiable appetite of emergency rooms with more LTC beds is short sighted in my opinion and not in the best interest of the system or the patient.

Funding gives hope of new long-term beds