The beautiful new Prince Edward Home is completed and offers tremendous benefits for the manor residents, says Health and Wellness Minister Doug Currie.
“I’m extremely impressed with this wonderful new home,” said Minister Currie. “Our government is committed to providing the most modern and highest level of long term care service with our manor replacement program, which focuses on person-centred care. The new Prince Edward Home is a bright, spacious, leading edge facility that offers our Island seniors the excellent care and comfort they deserve.”
In the new 120-room facility, residents will live in households in one of five neighbourhoods. Each household, which will be home to 12 residents, has a kitchen, dining room, and a living room with a fire place, and every resident has a private room and bathroom. The smaller household design provides a more home-like atmosphere as well as an enhanced staffing model.
“This is a very exciting day for residents and staff,” said Prince Edward Home administrator, Andrew MacDougall. “We are thrilled to see this exceptional new home completed and look forward to having residents settled in so they can enjoy all the fantastic benefits and comforts this impressive home has to offer.”
Government invested approximately $23 million in the new Prince Edward Home, which will be occupied and fully operational by the first week of November. Prince Edward Home is one of five manors being replaced under government’s $65 million manor replacement program, one of the pillars of the 2009 provincial Healthy Aging Strategy.
Under the program, Colville Manor in Souris and Maplewood Manor in Alberton were completed in November 2011, and Summerset Manor in Summerside was completed in January 2013. Construction on the Riverview Manor in Montague will begin in 2015.