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Lost in the Shadows

REGINA. Qu’Appelle Health Region. Grenfell Pioneer Home. Lost in the Shadows. 1967. 39 bed special care home, 8 self contained units Level II then Level III added in 1970. Grenfell community builds Pioneer Home.

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Lost in the Shadows

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  1. REGINA Qu’Appelle Health Region Grenfell Pioneer Home Lost in the Shadows

  2. 1967 39 bed special care home, 8 self contained units Level II then Level III added in 1970 Grenfell community builds Pioneer Home 1985 - notice of intent to build a 25 bed special care wing submitted to Sask Health. Leads to “study” Pipestone Health District created 1993 Grenfell Hospital Closed! $500,000 trust fund set up to help fund new Level IV care home or a Pipestone Moosemountain “ study ” Pipestone Health District develops plans for new Level IV care home 30 bed unit integrated with Health Centre Several meetings with Town Council 1998 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region created 2002 Efforts lost in the realignment shadows Years of neglect; now 39 34 beds, 8 4 self contained units; no plans; no support – another “ study ” in 2011 2013 Snapshot Timeline

  3. Pipestone Plan • January 1998 • integrated with Health Centre • Modern • Sustainable • $4M plan, community 35% would be $1.4M

  4. Under the impression that once our 35% was raised the plan would go forward the community embraces several major fundraising drives thru the years. Total now nearly $1.5M

  5. 2009 Sask Government announces major Long Term Care home replacements – Grenfell Pioneer Home is not on the list. Regina shadow?

  6. Spring 2012 - Town Council approaches Sask Government • Tells us no money, talk to RHQR • Summer 2012 - Town Council approaches RQHR • Tells us no plans, no money – talk to Sask Gov’t • States it is “Number 1 Rural Priority” • In the mean time continued neglect, more time passes, no plans.

  7. December of 2012 we find out RQHR did an assessment: • 2011 Croft Planning + Design assesses Grenfell Pioneer Home • concludes in URGENT need of attention, facility is time expired. • estimates that $3.2M is needed to maintain sustainable delivery of service.

  8. What we see: • maintenance and upgrades being neglected over 20 years! (account anticipating new home) • no plan or commitment to support the community future needs (last census our fastest growing segment – seniors). • facility degrading as each year passes. • potential loss of facility in community. • community frustration – fundraising for what? • our needs are lost in the shadow of REGINA

  9. What our community needs: • help us to understand how we can get things moving. • help RQHR with decision to replace or sustainable upgrade • please no more studies - action. • don’t abandon our community. • get us out of the shadows.

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