P.E.I. news: More long-term care beds coming to province [Video]

Prince Edward Island has struck a $25 million deal with private long-term care operators to increase the amount of beds in the province and improve wages.

According to a Wednesday news release from the province, the agreement will add 54 beds to facilities across P.E.I. and raise the daily bed rate from $264.45 to $342. Long-term care operators have committed to allocating at least 65 per cent of the increase towards improve wages for workers.

“This investment into the long-term care sector will allow our members the ability to stabilize our workforce, expand services and grow the amount of long-term care beds in the province,” said William McGuigan, chair of the Long Term Care Association, in the release. “Working together we will see wages increases for over 1,000 health care staff, benefitting them and these families across the Island.”

After the increase, P.E.I. will have 1,290 long-term care beds split …