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Memory Care Kitchener | ?m | 4fl | proposed
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Memory Care Kitchener
169 Borden Ave, Kitchener
Developer: Memory Care Investments LTD
Project: A 63 suite dedicated alzheimer's and dementia care residence 

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Plans to close retirement home come as shock
June 6, 2013 | Brent Davis | The Record | LINK



Quote:KITCHENER — For 10 years, Katharina Bortscher has called Lafontaine Terrace home.

With an intimate atmosphere, home-cooked meals and 24-hour care, the retirement residence on Borden Avenue North has provided Bortscher, 85, with a comfortable and affordable place to live.

But that will all change this fall, after the announcement that Lafontaine Terrace's new owners plan to close the facility and tear down the aging building. Residents and their families learned Tuesday that they'll have until Sept. 30 to move out.

Needless to say, the news has come as a shock, said Bortscher's daughter, Inga Collins.

"They're pretty anxious," Collins said. "When you're as old as some of the people here are, one more change in your life is just too much."

Presently, there are 24 residents and 15 staff members at the residence, said administrator Alan Hodge. Originally built in 1950 for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Lafontaine Terrace has operated since 1983 with capacity for 38 residents.

Change, of some description, has been in the works since last fall, when the facility went into receivership. But Collins said she never thought Lafontaine Terrace would close for good.

The reality is that the new owners — a numbered company — have purchased a building that doesn't meet provincial standards, said the vice-president of the management company hired to oversee the transition.

"It doesn't have sprinklers, it doesn't have a generator, it doesn't have a lot of the things that are required under the Retirement Homes Act," said Manny Simon of Elder Care Consulting Inc.

Any retrofit project would be lengthy and expensive, and would require the residents to move out while the work was being done, he said. It's more economical just to start from scratch.

That said, Simon said he couldn't disclose what the future plans for the property are.

"We're going to be sensitive to all of the family's needs," said Simon. "We want to allay the families' concerns."

Officials are planning an information session for residents and families, and they're looking into alternate accommodation options in the area and beyond.

"The purchasers of Lafontaine Terrace understand that this kind of a transition will be difficult, and will do all that they can to minimize the inconvenience as much as possible," read the notice distributed to residents on Tuesday.

But Collins said families like hers likely face long waiting lists and significantly-higher fees as they embark on a search for a new home. Bortscher pays just under $2,000 a month at Lafontaine Terrace; some of the area retirement residences Collins looked at in a recent search for another relative charge more than $4,000 a month, she said.

"Some of them may wind up going into a place where they have to share a room," Collins said. Right now, Collins' mother and other residents enjoy private suites.

"This place is a real gem," Collins said. "You go in there and you get a sense of family.

"I think she's really going to be sorry to lose this."
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#3
Just checked this projects website and it makes me wonder if the author is not familiar with the area. The website says that the project is under development.

http://memorycare.ca/locations/kitchener/

"Kitchener-Waterloo is a city of 232,000 in Southwestern Ontario. It is home to two universities and a thriving high-tech industry. The Memory Care facility is located at the center of the city and can accommodate up to 80 residents."
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#4
I've wondered if this project will actually be built?  The site has been empty for a year or too and the need is certainly not decreasing.
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#5
Kitchener is roughly peggable at 232K, and for the audience, small town feel is likely the intended sell. No one going here is going for the 10th largest community in Canada.
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(08-29-2016, 09:24 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Kitchener is roughly peggable at 232K, and for the audience, small town feel is likely the intended sell. No one going here is going for the 10th largest community in Canada.

I doubt that the intention is to draw people with Alzheimer's from outside the Region.   The website also says that the project is under development, which seems "ambitious".
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