TORONTO — Residents of a Guelph, Ont.
, long-term care home and their loved ones are shocked and afraid, says a representative of the families, after the home announced it's closing in part because it won't be able to meet an impending requirement to install a sprinkler system.
"It feels wrong, and to do it when you know that long-term care, there's such a need for it," she said."I'm disgusted to think that they've allowed a long-term care facility to close." "Due to a combination of other factors such as our upcoming license expiry, substantial increases in costs of construction, and health human resource challenges, we are forced to make the difficult decision to close our home."
"We rely on a well, and water filtration and septic systems, which would all require substantial upgrades in order to sustain a renovation or redevelopment of our current home to bring us up to current standards," the home wrote on its website in January 2023. A spokesperson for Solicitor General Michael Kerzner said that his ministry,"through the Office of the Fire Marshal, has been in regular contact with the Ministry of Long-Term Care and its stakeholders to help ensure long-term care homes remain in compliance with Ontario’s Fire Code."
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