The aging Pioneer Village in Regina, Saskatchewan, is being held together with duct tape, according to an article on the Leader-Post website.

"That place is unsafe and falling apart," according to a former care aide who's father is a resident. "There is duct tape everywhere you look holding things together and patching things up including the floors and the doors."

She said the building has been in a steady state of decline — particularly in the past five years. She is most concerned about asbestos and black mold in the special care home.

She isn't planning to relocate her father because she has heard other long-term care facilities are also in rough shape.

Her assessment echoes a report released last week by the Vanderwiel Facility Assessors (VFA), which rated Pioneer Village as the healthcare facility in southern Saskatchewan requiring the most urgent repairs.

Debbie Sinnett, executive director of Pioneer Village, acknowledges the facility has significant infrastructure issues, including asbestos and mold, but stressed that residents are safe.

"We have a strong process to address those issues every time we have to go in and do work in an area where there may be asbestos," Sinnett said.

Read the article.