c_speed3108
Mar 2, 2010, 2:01 PM
Saint-Louis Residence set to expand
by Patricia Lonergan
Article online since February 12nd 2010, 1:02
The Saint-Louis Residence off Hiawatha Park will be undergoing some major changes this summer.
Bruyere Continuing Care, which operates the long-term care facility, is planning to create a community for seniors that will provide a spectrum of housing options.
“We’d like to build a village for those 60 years (and older),” said Daniel Levac, Bruyere’s senior vice president of corporate services and chief financial officer.
The plan, he explained, it to offer different levels of accommodation. The site currently has 198 long-term care beds, but not everyone needs that high level of service. The vision, Levac continued, is to incorporate independent living units and supportive housing. Supportive housing would see residents receive a “basket of services” like washing and bathing, homemaking, and other attendant services, he said.
According to Levac, 20 per cent of people in hospitals are in the wrong beds and instead belong in long-term care or chronic care facilities. Meanwhile, evidence suggests 10 to 17 per cent of residents in long-term care facilities should actually be in supportive housing or at home.
People receiving a higher level of care than necessary aren’t just more expensive for health care, it also clogs up emergency rooms, Levac indicated. Varying degrees of support is one way to better manage the health care system.
About 231 apartments would be added to the 27-acre waterfront property where the current building sits.
Providing for a continuum of accommodation needs isn’t the only plan, though. Levac said Bruyere also wants to implement healthy living programs. A pool with aquatic exercise classes would be ideal, he indicated, as well as various programs like nutrition.
The last component would be a clinic and family health team on site. Such an amenity would be available not only to residents at Saint-Louis, but also to the community as a whole. Levac said Bruyere is working with the University of Ottawa to create a training clinic for doctors like the ones they have at their other facilities.
The vision to create a senior’s community comes with a $71 million price tag, excluding the medical clinic, Levac indicated. Bruyere has already received a conditional letter of approval for $5.4 million under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. Discussions are ongoing with Infrastructure Ontario for financing. Fundraising is also in the plans.
Before the organization starts digging, though, it’s holding a second round of public consultations with a focus on supportive housing and the needs of the community.
“We really want to talk to people,” Levac said, adding services for seniors in Orléans is low compared to other areas of the city.
Residents are invited to discuss the needs of seniors in the area on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. A French session will be held the following day at the same time. Both consultations take place at Saint-Louis Residence, 879 Hiawatha Park. Residents can RSVP at 613-562-6262 ext. 1687 or village@bruyere.org
Bruyere hosts village project consultation tonight
Patricia Lonergan
Article online since February 23rd 2010, 10:48
Bruyere hosts village project consultation tonight
With a huge expansion planned for Saint-Louis Residence off Hiawatha Park, Bruyere Continuing Care is asking area residents what seniors need.
According to Bruyere, one in four Ottawa seniors require daily support but there’s a shortage supportive and affordable housing, as well as other services that support nutrition, safety, companionship, for the senior population in Ottawa.
In an attempt to respond to the need, Bruyere is expanding the Saint-Louis Village. Situated on the banks of the Ottawa River, the Village will include components such as: supportive housing, affordable housing, long-term care, chronic disease management programs, a Family Health Team, indoor and outdoor recreation, healthy aging programming and outdoor walking paths.
The Village is tentatively slated for occupancy in February 2012.
On Feb. 23 and 24, representatives from Bruyere Continuing Care, Edward J. Cuhaci and Associates Architects Inc., and community leaders will be meeting with members of the Orléans community to provide information on the project, plans to date and to ask for feedback on proposed programming.
The English consultation takes place 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at the Saint-Louis Residence auditorium, located on the main floor at 879 Hiawatha Park Rd.
There is also a video on http://ottawa.ctv.ca/ right now titled: "East Ottawa residents say no to seniors' village". I don't know how to link to it.
by Patricia Lonergan
Article online since February 12nd 2010, 1:02
The Saint-Louis Residence off Hiawatha Park will be undergoing some major changes this summer.
Bruyere Continuing Care, which operates the long-term care facility, is planning to create a community for seniors that will provide a spectrum of housing options.
“We’d like to build a village for those 60 years (and older),” said Daniel Levac, Bruyere’s senior vice president of corporate services and chief financial officer.
The plan, he explained, it to offer different levels of accommodation. The site currently has 198 long-term care beds, but not everyone needs that high level of service. The vision, Levac continued, is to incorporate independent living units and supportive housing. Supportive housing would see residents receive a “basket of services” like washing and bathing, homemaking, and other attendant services, he said.
According to Levac, 20 per cent of people in hospitals are in the wrong beds and instead belong in long-term care or chronic care facilities. Meanwhile, evidence suggests 10 to 17 per cent of residents in long-term care facilities should actually be in supportive housing or at home.
People receiving a higher level of care than necessary aren’t just more expensive for health care, it also clogs up emergency rooms, Levac indicated. Varying degrees of support is one way to better manage the health care system.
About 231 apartments would be added to the 27-acre waterfront property where the current building sits.
Providing for a continuum of accommodation needs isn’t the only plan, though. Levac said Bruyere also wants to implement healthy living programs. A pool with aquatic exercise classes would be ideal, he indicated, as well as various programs like nutrition.
The last component would be a clinic and family health team on site. Such an amenity would be available not only to residents at Saint-Louis, but also to the community as a whole. Levac said Bruyere is working with the University of Ottawa to create a training clinic for doctors like the ones they have at their other facilities.
The vision to create a senior’s community comes with a $71 million price tag, excluding the medical clinic, Levac indicated. Bruyere has already received a conditional letter of approval for $5.4 million under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. Discussions are ongoing with Infrastructure Ontario for financing. Fundraising is also in the plans.
Before the organization starts digging, though, it’s holding a second round of public consultations with a focus on supportive housing and the needs of the community.
“We really want to talk to people,” Levac said, adding services for seniors in Orléans is low compared to other areas of the city.
Residents are invited to discuss the needs of seniors in the area on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. A French session will be held the following day at the same time. Both consultations take place at Saint-Louis Residence, 879 Hiawatha Park. Residents can RSVP at 613-562-6262 ext. 1687 or village@bruyere.org
Bruyere hosts village project consultation tonight
Patricia Lonergan
Article online since February 23rd 2010, 10:48
Bruyere hosts village project consultation tonight
With a huge expansion planned for Saint-Louis Residence off Hiawatha Park, Bruyere Continuing Care is asking area residents what seniors need.
According to Bruyere, one in four Ottawa seniors require daily support but there’s a shortage supportive and affordable housing, as well as other services that support nutrition, safety, companionship, for the senior population in Ottawa.
In an attempt to respond to the need, Bruyere is expanding the Saint-Louis Village. Situated on the banks of the Ottawa River, the Village will include components such as: supportive housing, affordable housing, long-term care, chronic disease management programs, a Family Health Team, indoor and outdoor recreation, healthy aging programming and outdoor walking paths.
The Village is tentatively slated for occupancy in February 2012.
On Feb. 23 and 24, representatives from Bruyere Continuing Care, Edward J. Cuhaci and Associates Architects Inc., and community leaders will be meeting with members of the Orléans community to provide information on the project, plans to date and to ask for feedback on proposed programming.
The English consultation takes place 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at the Saint-Louis Residence auditorium, located on the main floor at 879 Hiawatha Park Rd.
There is also a video on http://ottawa.ctv.ca/ right now titled: "East Ottawa residents say no to seniors' village". I don't know how to link to it.