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Some long-term care residents at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre (WRC) are being asked to move as the facility takes on convalescent care beds from Extendicare Parkside and adds new ones.
Unit 3-3 at WRC currently has 32 beds and is home to 22 long-term care residents. With the health system seeing a growing need for convalescent care beds which provide care for people as they recover after surgery or serious illness the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) decided to convert the unit from long-term care to convalescent care.
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REGINA The Saskatchewan Health Authority is making changes to services offered at Regina’s Wascana Rehabilitation Centre. After receiving funding from the Ministry of Health, Unit 3-3 will transition from long-term care to providing convalescent care services. The transition was initially scheduled to happen last spring, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we looked through our system, we recognized that is one of the greatest challenges we have within our acute care system is the ability to provide timely convalescent services and move those people to the right place to get the right service at the right time, Debbie Sinnett, executive director of continuing care for Regina with the SHA, said.