New Brunswick's Senior Care Plan: A Start, But Too Slow

0:00New Brunswick just dropped a new plan to fix his senior care crisis, promising 624 long-term care beds over the next 2-3 years, plus Wade's booths for personal support workers. But the real problem hits hard right now, with seniors stuck in hospitals waiting for those beds after health scares, sometimes for months or even. Over a year, like one man who waited 17 months before moving to a nursing home. Folks on the front lines, including care homes, CEOs and nursing home leaders, are calling it a solid starpa way too slow, saying it ignores the. Urgent need to keep workers from quitting over low pay under $20 an hour, and to bump daily care hours from 3.3 to 4.1. One, the plan lays out replacing 6 old nursing homes in places like Campbellton and St. Quentin, expanding for others to add 240 beds. With 360 more coming soon after beds go out. Meanwhile, with 23% of the population already 65 or older and heading to 28% by 2030, premier Susan.

1:04Holt is pushing nearly $1 billion into seniors care, stressing home supports to ease the long-term bed crunch before it explodes. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.