Northern Health to Run Gateway Seniors Complex
By 250 News
Monday, June 22, 2009 04:35 PM
Prince George, B.C.- The new Gateway Residential Care Seniors housing complex will be operated by Northern Health.
Although inSite Hospitality was named as the preferred proponent to operate the facility, Northern Health has opted not to award the contract to the Vancouver based company.
“After conducting a comparison of the proposal to Northern Health’s internal models, there was no significant advantage to contracting the operations of Gateway to a private company” says Eryn Collins, Communication Officer with Northern Health.
The new facility will provide 94 residential care beds, as well as 50 assisted living units for seniors who can be mostly independent with specialized housing, meals and health supports. The remaining 31 units were initially planned to be offered for rent, however, Northern Health is working to dtermine the best use for those remaining 31 units.
Many of the beds are already spoken for, as those who have been receiving residential care at Rainbow Park Lodge will be moving into the new facility as will those who have been in transitional beds or the geriatric beds at PGRH.
Rainbow Park Lodge will return to its intended use as an adult day facility.
Northern Health’s decision to assume responsibility for provision of care services will not impact the scheduled opening of the facility, which is slated for September or October of this year.
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Posted by: gus on June 22 2009 5:04 PM