The province has awarded a nearly $400,000 contract for the review of personal and long-term care homes.
MNP will conduct the review, and will work closely with an expert panel that was established in February to improve the quality and availability of long term care.
The review will focus of four key areas:
Quality of life: such as improvements to living arrangements and access to recreational activities.
Quality of care: such as evaluating the existing model, reviewing staff ratios and the delivery model of primary care to identity opportunities for improvements.
Workforce: such as improving staff engagement and work-life balance and identifying opportunities to improve recruitment and retention practices based on leading evidence and informed by relevant stakeholders.
Governance: such as improvements to compliance monitoring and increasing accountability and trust in the quality of care by assessing existing procedures.
In consultation with the expert panel, MNP is developing a stakeholder engagement plan that will include visits to sites across the province, and opportunities to meet with people who are affected.
The final report is expected next spring.