Steps are being taken to make residents of Thunder Bay long-term care homes more comfortable.

Gord Muir, the Supervisor of Environmental Services at Pioneer Ridge, feels having a cooler atmosphere for residents will be a good thing.

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“It was long overdue,” Muir exclaimed. “Our facility has been ahead of the game now in terms of air conditioning, but hearing that all of Ontario is going to become compliant and that all the residents all going to be comfortable, it’s just a great news for long term care.”

Muir added more improvements are in the works.

“Our facilities previously had cooling areas, at this point in time though we’re in the process of adding cooling to the residents rooms now,” noted Muir. “Yes, we’ve been up to par, we’ve been able to keep those temperatures quite nice throughout the building, but now we’re able to add that secondary cooling to the resident rooms.”

Currently, 60 per cent of LTC homes are fully air conditioned in Ontario, up from 42 per cent last summer.