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NEW CARE HOME TO REPLACE HILLTOP HOUSE, BRINGING 152 BEDS TO TOWN BY 2030
‘Cultural safety and Indigenous involvement are central to what we do,’ says Minister Dix BHAGYASHREE CHATTERJEE
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quamish is set to get a new long-term care home that will provide 152 beds, nearly doubling the capacity of the current Hilltop House. The $285-million project, scheduled to begin construction in 2027, is expected to open its doors by 2030. “This is the only care home north of West Vancouver, and it serves a really vast geographic region,” said Health Minister Adrian Dix at a press conference in front of Hilltop on Monday morning. The new facility will be on Loggers Lane, just seven minutes from the current Hilltop House. The existing facility, built decades ago, currently has 90 beds. “We’re replacing Hilltop House, which has 90 beds in total ... we’re going to replace it with a new facility that’s going to have 152 long-term care beds,” Dix said. Many older residents of Squamish have been forced to move to care homes elsewhere due to the local
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