The City of Stratford is hoping municipalities across the province will join it in urging the Ontario government to shift financial support from long-term care towards home and community care services to help seniors stay in their homes longer as they age. Council heard Tuesday from Paul Brown, a Stratford retiree who spent his career in health-care administration, about the importance of funding community and home-care supports and services in Stratford and Perth County. In his presentation to council, Brown noted the provincial funding for 60 peopleCare long-term care beds had been going unused since a flood closed its Stratford building on Mornington Street in 2015.
