Multiple private long-term care homes on P.E.I. have been failing to meet the required inspection standards. But the Community Care Facility and Nursing Home Board says closing a home is a last resort, given current waitlists and the already-strained system.
The P.E.I. government tabled the largest capital budget in Island history in the legislature Wednesday, pledging to spend $308 million in the next fiscal year on roads, schools and new government-owned housing units.
Private home-care businesses have existed for decades, but they are not accessible to everyone the people who run the businesses says better funding would help them help more people.