Boyne Towers is a seniors apartment complex attached to Boyne Lodge.

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Funds can be designated for a specific project or fund. Tax receipts are issued for all donations of $20 or more. Donation envelopes are available at the business office.

You may donate to

• General Funds
• Wheelchair Van
• PCH Capital Fund (working towards a new Personal Care Home)

YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE INCLUDE:

• Donation by cash or cheque to BVHC.
• Through a Memorial donation.
• Create a bequest in your will.
• Automatic fund transfers.
• Through the Carman Area Foundation  designated fund.

You may be interested in reviewing a local website http://smartgivingplan.ca for further information about donating to local charities.

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Boyne Lodge began as a regional vision with grass roots involvement by residents from the RMs of Dufferin, Grey, MacDonald, Morris, Roland, Thompson and the Town of Carman just over four decades ago. Local governments worked together to achieve the common objective of meeting the growing housing needs of community elders in the Boyne Valley region. This co-operation led to the development of the Boyne Lodge in 1967. The Lodge, which began as a traditional hostel for the elderly, has evolved into a 70-bed personal care home (PCH). The Boyne Lodge also provides space for an adult day program for residents throughout the region. The Boyne Towers, which provides affordable independent elderly persons housing, opened in 1979, and is attached to the Boyne Lodge.

Needs Have Changed

While the current Boyne Lodge is structurally sound and may last for many years to come, its original design does not meet the evolving needs of seniors in our region who require complex personal care.  Additionally, the region lacks appropriate seniors housing options for the growing interest in both assisted living and supportive care. Without a full spectrum of seniors housing options, current and future residents in the Boyne region sometimes seek accommodations in other communities, negatively impacting the region’s economic development opportunities and social fabric.

Our Challenge

As the baby boom generation ages, there will be a dramatic increase in the need for appropriate housing and care services for seniors. It has become evident that local governments will need to proactively build their own solutions. Three years ago, residents from the region gathered at a community meeting and called on local leaders to provide a similar role that past leaders accepted in the 1960s to ensure the sustainability of each of the region’s communities.

First Steps

Councils recruited a group of local residents to begin developing a plan for a new PCH. That group consisted of Kelvin Smith, Chairperson; Les Vanderveen, Vice-chairperson; Linda MacNair, Secretary; Shawn McCutcheon, and Barbara Lepp. In addition, a Community Council with members from the various municipalities also provide input and feedback to the Board. Brent VanKoughnet serves as Chairperson of the Community Council. The committee contracted consultant Gordon Daman, who was integral to the successful completion of a similar project in Niverville, to be an advisor to the project. Community meetings were held throughout the region to build support.

Progress

A community non-profit corporation called Boyne Care Holdings (2016) Inc., whose sole members are the five regional governments in the Boyne Lodge catchment area, has been created to own the facility. The original group recruited to develop the project continues to remain wholly involved as the Planning and Development Committee of this corporation. A business plan has been created to show in detail how the first phase of the project can be built and financed. The first phase includes the construction of a new 80-bed PCH integrated with the existing Boyne Lodge and Boyne Towers. Once the PCH is completed, the plan calls for the existing PCH to be upgraded, with the top floor to be waiting placement rooms for people waiting for a PCH bed in the region, and the main floor converted to office space for employees of Southern Health-Santé Sud. Future phases include conversion of some suites in the Boyne Towers to supportive housing suites (depending on the availability of government funding for services), and the integration of an assisted living complex (depending on demand) to create a true “Aging in Place Campus”. Future phases also include the potential for development of assisted living housing in communities in stakeholder municipalities. The business plan has been reviewed in depth with representatives from Manitoba Health, and Provincial politicians have been made very aware of the project.

As at the beginning of 2017, we are awaiting Provincial approval to proceed.

Check out the Boyne Care website at www.boynecare.ca for more details, and watch for more information as the plans proceed.

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Boyne Towers is a seniors’ apartment complex on four floors attached to Boyne Lodge with 36 single suites and four double suites. Congregate meal service is available and amenities include mobility suites, mail service, laundry facilities and a security system. Homecare services are available and the building is wheelchair accessible. (It is not an assisted living facility.) A common room and outdoor park area complement the facility. As of August 1st, 2016, suites are available in Boyne Towers. Call the Boyne Lodge office for more information, 204-745-6715.

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