The head of the Horizon Health Network says it’s time for the province to look at a new model to streamline the movement of patients from hospitals to long-term care facilities.
CEO Karen McGrath told a committee of MLAs that on any given day, 25 to 30 per cent of the beds in Horizon hospitals are occupied by people who don’t really need hospital care.
She said one solution might be to adopt the system in most other provinces, where long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and special care homes fall under health authorities.