2023-04-21 23:50:01
The minister responsible for the Mauricie region, Jean Boulet, announced on Friday additional assistance of $1.8 million on top of his initial contribution, for a total of $12.3 million, to meet the growing care needs of people with dementia. Alzheimer’s disease, which will benefit Maison Carpe Diem.
Next year, the Trois-Rivières Maison Carpe Diem Alzheimer resource center will have a brand new house to house and provide care for people with Alzheimer’s disease. It will include 24 rooms, rather than 14, as is currently the case.
The cost of the project is $16 million. “We anticipate that 200,000 people in Quebec will be affected by this disease in 2030, so we must not only meet the needs, but also create an environment that is as human as possible,” said the minister, who himself lost her mother who has Alzheimer’s.
The existing house will have other uses, for example for trainees and administrative staff. While the residence inhabited by the resource center for 25 years is obsolete, it was time for a change in management.
“When people from home come to spend the day, they go into a house that is quite small following all. There, the house will be planned so that there are spaces where everyone will feel at home”, replied the general manager of Carpe Diem, Nicole Poirier.
This is an important step for the organization, whose treatment method is recognized internationally. “In this new house, we are going to have a completely different concept from what we usually find,” pointed out the general manager.
Among other things, there will be two kitchens to allow residents to retain their skills, stairs to also avoid the loss of learning, small groups of rooms and free access to the outside. “It’s important that we do this in a neighborhood, a real neighborhood, where people are included in the community,” added Ms.me Poirier.
The new Carpe Diem house will be located just behind the one already in place. There is already some movement on the ground to prepare for construction. For the councilor of the Carmel district, Pierre Montreuil, who is involved in the project, this is a major accomplishment.
“I am very happy. I can’t wait to see the buildings rise and above all, to see the people inside enjoying a human approach, ”he replied.
“I am very happy! Me, I’ve been at Carpe Diem for a long time, it’s been years. It’s fun because we’re going to stay in a new house,” exclaimed one of the residents, Carmen Houle. In the spring of 2024, ten more people, like Mme Houle, will be entitled to care in a new home.
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