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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A new long-term care village is now underway in Prince George that will be providing 200 new beds for seniors with an eight-bed geriatric psychiatry unit.

In addition to a new 30-person adult day program, the project will include 37 affordable licensed community child care spaces.

The new non-profit long-term care home is modelled after Canada’s first public long-term care village based on the concepts of a dementia village that opened in July 2024 in Comox on Vancouver Island, explains a release.

The village will include 16 close-knit “households,” with 12 residents. Every household will offer private suites with ensuite bathrooms, along with a shared kitchen and gathering spaces.

The village will also have a community hall, recreation areas, bistro, grocery store, art studio and therapeutic outdoor environments.

There will be dedicated community and Indigenous-centred spaces, such as a sacred gathering space designed in consultation with the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.

In addition to this project, there are two more long-term care projects in development by Providence Living in northern B.C. ������ion of a new long-term care home in Quesnel is expected to start in late 2026, and construction on a new long-term care home in Smithers will start in 2028.

These three combined projects will replace 123 beds and provide 581 new long-term care beds to northern B.C., the release reads.

The Prince George village is set to open in early 2028 at 6500 Southridge Ave.