{"id":728328,"date":"2026-06-10T21:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728328\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:24:11","slug":"nwt-patients-waiting-in-hospital-for-long-term-care-will-soon-pay-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728328\/","title":{"rendered":"NWT patients waiting in hospital for long-term care will soon pay fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From July 1, patients in NWT hospitals waiting for long-term care will have to pay the same accommodation fee they would be charged if they were in a long-term care facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GNWT said in a Tuesday news release the change would apply to people formally assessed by the Territorial Admissions Committee and designated as needing an alternate level of care, meaning they don\u2019t need hospital-level treatment but have to stay in the hospital because there are no spots available in a \u201cmore appropriate care setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patients will have to pay $34 a day or $1,021 a month. Those rates are set to be adjusted for inflation in May 2027, the GNWT stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAligning accommodation fees helps make better use of hospital beds and improves access to care for people who need acute treatment,\u201d health minister Lesa Semmler said the news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese decisions are part of our broader review of every patient\u2019s journey and are intended to improve support for healing with a focus on the\u00a0long\u00a0term\u00a0fiscal sustainability of our health system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement.<br \/><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTk0NCwxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inf.gov.nt.ca\/en\/services\/highways-ferries-and-winter-roads\/driving-safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Apr-27-2026-Digital-Ad-sizes_600x500-px.jpg\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement.<br \/><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NTc5LDE1LDYw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowknife.ca\/en\/living-here\/work-for-the-city-of-yellowknife.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mar-26-2026-Cabin-Radio-Web-Banner-600x500-standard.gif\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, patients were not paying any accommodation fees, the GNWT said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The territory said those patients still received the same level of care they would get in a long-term care facility, like nursing care, medication management, meals, and assistance with daily activities.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From July 1, patients in NWT hospitals waiting for long-term care will have to pay the same accommodation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-728328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}