With their license set to be revoked, Park Street Place in Dresden is set to close its doors.
Officials with the retirement home shared the information on social media on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
They also invited the public to attend an open house on April 6, 2024 for a “final farewell.”
“As we are soon to close our doors here at Park Street Place, we wanted to reach out to say thank you,” Park Street Place officials said.
“Thank you to the staff, the residents, the volunteers and the community for making Park Street Place the wonderful community that we know and love so much. This building has meant so much for so many and in hopes of honouring that connection we wanted to open our doors one last time to you, to say a final farewell to Park Street Place Retirement.”
Park Street Place officials added: “On Saturday April 6th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., we will be having an open house for the community to celebrate all that was Park Street Place. We recognize that throughout the years, we have collected so many memories and we would love to share them with you one last time. So whether you were once a resident, a family member, or a respective member of the community, we would love to see you.”
Park Street Place officials said anyone interested in attending are being asked to RSVP by emailing rec.parkstreetplace@gmail.com.
“We can’t wait to hear from you,” Park Street Place officials say.
Back in January, the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA) announced they were set to revoke the license for the operators of the Dresden retirement home.
RHRA, an independent, self-funded, not-for-profit regulator mandated by the government to protect and ensure the safety and well-being of seniors living in Ontario’s retirement homes under the Retirement Homes Act, 2010, issued the order to revoke on January 22, 2024.
RHRA says the license would be pulled 127 days after the order was issued, which will force the owners of Park Street Place to sell the home to owners who will operate the facility as a retirement home or cease operating the facility as a retirement home.
“The Deputy Registrar believes on reasonable grounds that the licensing criteria in section 35 of the (Retirement Homes Act) are no longer met,” RHRA officials said on their website.
RHRA officials say specifically, the licensee of Park Street Place has failed to:
– Demonstrate the competence to operate the home in a responsible manner and in accordance with the Act
– Demonstrate that it is in a position to appropriately provide care services to the residents of the home
– Demonstrate that the home will be operated in a manner that is not prejudicial to the health, safety or welfare of its residents.
RHRA officials say the revocation is effective May 29, 2024.
“The Licensee is operating the Home in a critical state of debt, which has resulted in staffing, vendor, and supplier interruptions,” RHRA said in the order summary.
“Outstanding payments to external staffing agencies have resulted in interruptions in securing temporary staff to ensure that the Home has, at all times, a sufficient number of staff.”
RHRA added: “The Licensee’s late and insufficient staff payments, including failing to make remittances to the unionized staff pension fund, has resulted in staff resignations or leaves of absence which has left the Home insufficiently staffed and residents not receiving adequate care. The Licensee has failed to compensate a Manager imposed through the Deputy Registrar’s September 25, 2023 Management Order in Extraordinary Circumstances, which has adversely impacted the Manager’s ability to assist the Home’s operations.”
The order also stated that the residents in the home must be notified of the situation.
Read the full order summary, here.
