In the 2022-2032 QIP, $22.8B goes to the health and social services sector to improve the offer of health care and social services:

• • $2.8B is allocated in the 2022-2032 QIP for seniors:

• • • $1.2B for the reconstruction of residential and long-term care centres (CHSLDs) in the Montréal and Lanaudière regions;

• • • $1.4B for the redevelopment and expansion of hospital centres in various regions of Quebec.

Promise of 2,600 CHSLD spaces by September 2022. The commitment will materialize in the fall with 2,640 spaces in 33 new facilities:

• • In 2023, 13 more projects, for a total of 3,480 spaces in 46 seniors’ homes (maisons des aînés).

The maximum rent eligible for tax assistance under the tax credit for home-support services for seniors (CMD), for seniors living in an apartment building, rises from $600 to $1,200 as of 2022 (already announced).

$14.4M over 5 years to extend lease assistance for seniors provided by the Centres d’assistance et d’accompagnement aux plaintes (CAAP).

$3.7B to enhance care and services to the public:

• • Continue strengthening care and services for seniors and caregivers ($2.6B, including $234.6M in 2022-2023):
    • Strengthen home support services ($100M in 2022-2023);
    • Improve care and services for caregivers, $250.3M over 5 years ($37.9M in 2022-2023):
      • Strengthen care and services for caregivers ($12.9M in 2022-2023);
      • Ensure the sustainability of L’Appui pour les proches aidants ($25M in 2022-2023).
    • Open the first seniors’ homes and alternative homes ($75M in 2022-2023);
    • Harmonize public and private CHSLDs ($19.3M in 2022-2023);
    • Ensure optimal use of medication for seniors in residential care settings ($2.4M in 2022-2023);
    • Improve the accessibility and quality of health and social services ($546M, including $83.9M in 2022-2023):
      • Facilitate access to front-line medical services ($27.3M in 2022-2023):
        • The front-line access point project implemented in Bas-Saint-Laurent will be rolled out throughout Quebec.
      • Improve patient flow in emergency rooms and hospitals ($5M in 2022-2023):
        • Addition of emergency room coordinators.
      • Step up prevention and health promotion interventions ($35.1M in 2022-2023);
      • Deploy clinics for the treatment of complex illnesses, including long COVID ($4.1M in 2022-2023).
    • $508.5M to improve services for vulnerable people (including $75.7M in 2022-2023).

Gradual withdrawal over 5 years of the subsidy paid to care staff in private seniors’ residences (RPAs)