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OLTCA member home offering state-of-the-art accommodation Moira Place providing residents with comfort, while benefiting local economy Moira Place, the newest member home of the Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA), is offering residents state-of-the-art accommodation, including spacious rooms, four luxurious dining areas and scenic views on 40 acres of property in Tweed. An A-class long-term care home, Moira place opened its doors July 29 and is currently home to nine residents. Eventually, the home will be home to 128 residents and providing jobs to approximately 130 people from in and around Tweed, says Michael O’Keeffe, the AON Inc.-owned long-term care home’s administrator. “Families love it,” says O’Keeffe of the home. “When you first walk in there is an atrium and a fireside lounge, and it feels like a hotel. It’s very warm and inviting, and it has a great design.” “(Through job creation) the home is boosting the economy. The home is also beneficial for people who live here who do not wish to travel to (other areas) to live in a long-term care home.” O’Keeffe notes that the home has met and exceeded new design guidelines set out by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. For instance, residents’ rooms are larger than what the ministry requires, and the home’s floors are mostly carpeted, which adds to the feel of a homelike environment, as well as enhances safety. Other features of the home include an atrium, safe areas for people who have a cognitive impairment to walk and a high-tech communication system where nurses and caregivers are paged via a telephone, rather than through overhead speakers, which minimizes noise. Every caregiver at the home carries a telephone, notes O’Keeffe. More information about Moira Place can be found by clicking here. If you have a story you would like to share with the Morning Report, please contact the newsroom at 800-294-0051, ext. 23, or e-mail deron(at)axiomnews.ca. If you have feedback on this story, please call the newsroom at 800-294-0051, ext. 23, or e-mail deron(at)axiomnews.ca.
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