Alberta still on track for 2,000 new long-term care beds, NDP says

The NDP government says it is on track to fulfil one of its key election promises to create 2,000 long-term care and dementia beds, even as a long-awaited new strategy for building seniors care projects remains in limbo.
In a set of emailed responses to Postmedia News last week, Alberta Health officials said more than 1,600 of the 2,000 beds are being developed through the expiring Alberta Supportive Living Initiative (ASLI) that relies heavily on private and non-profit organizations.
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