New Brunswick Nursing Homes

• Staff needed to open up N.B. nursing home capacity for people in hospital: advocate

  About half the people on the waiting list for a nursing home are currently in hospital, even though they've been medically discharged.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
  
• N.B. nursing homes bear the brunt of COVID-19 outbreaks

  'Our hearts were broken because here it is the third Christmas for our residents and their family,' said Cindy Donovan, CEO of the Loch Lomond Villa amid a COVID-19 outbreak.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2022
  
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• Low wages factoring into New Brunswick labour shortage, says economist

  “The staff that are on now are strained, they’re working extra hours, they’re pulling overtime trying to cover the shifts that we can’t cover," said Crystal Powell.

  Economy

  Jun 13, 2022
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• ‘It’s a genuine concern’: N.B. union leader says clearer COVID-19 policy needed for nursing homes

  Union leader Sharon Teare is asking the government to provide a clearer policy for how rules about visitors to nursing homes should be handled.

  Health

  Sep 10, 2021
• N.B. Coalition for Seniors rep has ‘mixed feelings’ about new nursing home announcement

  According to the release, construction of a new nursing home in the Acadian Peninsula could begin this fall and open doors in 2023.

  Health

  Feb 26, 2021
• New Brunwick nursing home workers vote to approve new contract

  Forty-five of the 51 local unions voted to accept the agreement. Six voted to reject the deal.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2020
• N.B. election averted as amended nursing home bill passes through marathon committee meeting

  Last week, Premier Blaine Higgs said he would treat the vote in committee as a matter of confidence, meaning the government would fall if it failed to pass.

  Politics

  Dec 19, 2019
• New Brunswick’s minority government to put bill to confidence vote

  Premier Blaine Higgs says the legislation needs to pass before the end of the month, and he will make the decision a confidence vote.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2019
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• Voting on final contract for New Brunswick nursing home workers stopped

  Only three homes have had their votes counted, with each voting decidedly against the government offer.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2019
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• New Brunswick Tory annual meeting in Fredericton met by protesters

  New Brunswick’s nursing home workers, without a contract since 2016, spoke out against the ongoing labour dispute with the provincial government Saturday.

  Politics

  Nov 3, 2019