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Letter: Modular 'meetup centres' should be brought to Tri-City seniors homes

The Editor: I read with interest your May 27 article about “ meetup centres " for families to visit retirement residences safely.

The Editor:

I read with interest your May 27 article about “meetup centres" for families to visit retirement residences safely. 

This innovative approach would appear to be ideal to serve family meetings at long-term care facilities, too, and perhaps our provincial authorities could look into helping many of them acquire such modules — and make plans to convert the units to modular housing when this virus crisis finally ends.

The pre-fabricated structures feature separate entrances for visitors and residents - photo PARC Ret
The pre-fabricated structures feature separate entrances for visitors and residents - PARC Retirement Living

The housing modules then might serve the needs of homeless folk.

Jim Peacock, Port Coquitlam