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BC designates five long term facilities as public-private partnerships.


VICTORIA -- Five care facilities have become the first seniors' projects to be designated through public-private partnerships Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3.  under British Columbia's Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act.

The facilities, in Trail, Fernie, Kamloops, Penticton and Williams Lake Williams Lake is the name of several places:

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 services for seniors. Designations apply only to health care facilities where private sector partners have provided a significant capital investment and have an agreement to provide non-clinical services over the long term.

All include both privately funded units as well as those funded by Interior Health authority and ac Housing. The five projects include: Rose Wood Village, Trail, 74 units operated by Golden Life Management Corporation; Rocky Mountain Village, Fernie: 76 units, Golden Life Management Corporation; Kamloops Seniors Village, Kamloops, 102 units Retirement Concepts Seniors Services Ltd; (until a new non-profit assisted living contract is awarded); Village by the Station, Penticton; 135 units operated by The Good Samaritan Good Samaritan

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Date:Jul 12, 2004
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