Le Chez-Nous Co-operative recently obtained unanimous support from its members for the installation of manor beds to its community care facility in Wellington.
The co-op is organizing a bilingual public meeting Thursday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., at the Evangeline Education Centre in Abram-Village to explain details of its proposed project to people from the region and to speak to them about the new jobs that would be created.
Participants will then get to ask questions, express opinions and give their support to the project.
“Our seniors keep telling us that they would prefer staying in their own community when the time comes to move to a manor,’’ said Chez-Nous president Marcel Richard. “They want to be stay close to their family, their relatives and their friends where they can keep appreciating their Acadian culture.’’
Richard notes the co-op aims to allow elderly people and others who have lost some of their autonomy to stay in their community of origin and to provide them with excellent care and services in the language of their choice.
Right now, people from the Evangeline region requiring manor care must move to Summerside, Clinton, Crapaud or O’Leary. In addition, there are currently long waiting lists to get into those manors.
