- Promises to create 1,000 new personal care home beds (PCHs), and to issue a call for proposals for additional community built and owned, non-profit PCH facilities, including one in the North. (1)
- Is committed to protecting seniors using home care from user fees and other moves towards privatization. (1)
- Pledges to improve home care with extended respite hours, expanded pilot programs offering longer after-hours services, and more support for intensive home care services. (1)
- Promises to create new hospice beds by working with community groups like Jocelyn House and funding a new research chair in palliative care with the University of Manitoba. (1)
- Plans to increase the Seniors’ School Tax Rebate from $470 to $2,300 for the 2016 property year. This will mean 98 percent of seniors pay no more school taxes, while the wealthiest two percent of seniors continue to pay some school taxes. (2)
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- Promises to fast-track the construction of 1200 new personal care home beds (PCHs), and will develop a framework to do so, for a total cost of $160 million per year. (3)
- Pledges to create the province’s first dedicated stroke unit. (3)
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- Promises to create the province’s first dedicated stroke unit. The party claims this will cost $7.5 million annually, but savings to the system are $70 million annually, for a net gain of $62 million. (4)
- Pledges to implement a pay-for-results system for faster knee and hip surgery, which the party argues is cost-neutral. (4)
- Is committed to providing free ambulance services for seniors with an income lower than $20,000, at a cost of $1.5 million annually. (4)
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- Pledges to end elder poverty through its guaranteed annual income program. (5)
- Promises to expand resources to help to keep people living in their homes longer. (5)
- Is committed to protecting pensions from corporate skimming and bankruptcies. (5)
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