KENORA DISTRICT MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION

SUBJECT: ASSISTED LIVING SUPPORT FOR RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES

SUBMITTED BY: THE TOWNSHIP OF EAR FALLS

YEAR: 2025
BACKGROUND:
There are insufficient assisted living supports for aging residents in rural and remote communities in the Kenora District. While some funding has been made available to Family Health Teams, the amount is not sufficient to hire a single employee to provide services let alone provide the resources an employee would require to travel and provide services either at an existing stand-alone seniors facilities or in a seniors own residence. 
As our communities age, there are insufficient support services available, resulting in seniors moving closer to primary care services and accessing the additional support required to maintain their health and livelihood. This does not result in improvements to their lives, rather it increases the isolation that is frequently experienced by seniors.
RECOMMENDATION:
NOW THEREFORE MAY IT BE RESOLVED THAT the Kenora District Municipal Association lobby the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care to provide additional funding to increase assisted living supports for rural and remote communities in the Kenora District.  
COMMITTEE ACTION: Moved with concurrence.