{"id":917698,"date":"2026-10-02T09:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917698\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:56:21","slug":"tusaajiapik-elders-home-residents-being-relocated-to-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917698\/","title":{"rendered":"Tusaajiapik elders home residents being relocated to Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\"><a class=\"category news\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Oct 1, 2026 \u2013 5:02 pm EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Ongoing building issues shutters facility, health board and home officials say<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3455.jpeg\" title=\"Tusaajiapik elders home residents being relocated to Montreal\"><br \/>\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3455.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents at Kuujjuaq\u2019s Tusaajiapik elders home are being relocated to a long-term care facility in a Montreal suburb due to technical issues with the building. Health officials in Nunavik announced the news Wednesday. (File photo by Dominique Gen\u00e9)<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/author\/daron-letts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Daron-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n\t Daron Letts<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Residents of Kuujjuaq\u2019s Tusaajiapik elders home are being relocated to private facilities in a Montreal suburb 1,500 kilometres south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The move, in response to technical issues with the building, was announced in a joint statement issued Wednesday and signed by Larry Watt, Ungava Tulattavik Health Center\u2019s executive director, and Jennifer Munick-Watkins, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services executive director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTransfers have begun and will continue until all residents have been safely relocated,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>The relocation is part of a three-way agreement that also includes Argyle Inc.\u2019s long-term housing and care centre, a private seniors home in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe agreement aims to provide for a safe, caring and culturally sensitive living environment, including occasional access to traditional food and the support of three Inuit workers,\u201d Wednesday\u2019s statement continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once all residents have been relocated, Tusaajiapik will close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Watt and Munick-Watkins were both out of town on Thursday and unavailable to comment, staff at their respective organizations said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260925-nni-appeals-tribunal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-14845.91.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Kuujjuaq, a preliminary study is underway to assess the feasibility and scope of bringing Tusaajiapik up to current standards, the release said. A cost estimate is anticipated later this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Tusaajiapik experienced \u201ctechnical\u201d issues with the building\u2019s heating system, causing management to look into relocation options <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/stories\/article\/building-issues-force-relocation-of-kuujjuaq-elders-home-residents\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last April<\/a> for 13 elders, 10 of whom were described at the time as in wheelchairs or bedridden.<\/p>\n<p>Last spring, the elders home employed 35 staff members, including nurses, social workers and personal care attendants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News\u00a0\u00a0Oct 1, 2026 \u2013 5:02 pm EDT Ongoing building issues shutters facility, health board and home officials say&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-917698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917698","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=917698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}