Premier Dennis King promised in February over 50 new beds would be added to privately run homes within 30 days of being licensed. Now he says more details about those plans will be coming next week.
In its most recent licensing decision, the P.E.I. Community Care Facilities and Nursing Homes Board has ruled that three privately run long-term care homes are still not meeting the provincial inspection standards for full licences.
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.
Two P.E.I. seniors homes are operating with provisional licences, which means they have been unable to meet all of the standards of care as set out by the province.