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Island Health is taking steps to line up design consultants in the hope that two proposed long-term care facilities are approved for Vancouver Island.
The health authority noted that one of three potential long-term care projects has already been approved. The facility will have four, three-storey buildings set out in a village pattern. A hair salon, bistro, coffee shop and child care are included, as is a hospice, a unit for young people with brain injuries and an adult day care program.
A new long-term care facility is among five key projects the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District is focusing on to serve a growing and aging population.
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