Laval Long-Term Care Centre (CHSLD)

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Opportunity Québec’s public residential long-term care centres (CHSLD) are specialized health care institutions that provide housing, nursing, rehabilitation, surveillance and pharmaceuticals for those who are no longer capable of caring for themselves in their own homes. Housing costs for residents of CHSLDs are fixed by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec and are calculated depending on the income of the person being housed. As the baby boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1969) ages over the next twenty years, many areas of Québec will see an increase in elderly residents who require assisted living, putting pressure on the province’s existing long-term care centres. In order to meet future demand for long-term care housing it was necessary for the Government of Québec to construct new CHSLDs. Innovations The project was procured along with three other long-term care facilities in Montérégie, however all four projects underwent separate processes to select a preferred proponent and all four have separate project agreements. Results The project consisted of a 110,000-square-foot, 100-bed long-term care facility. The ground floor of the building contains office space, a cafeteria, community room and machinery room. Laval will be better equipped to deal with the future increase in demand for long-term care beds.

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