Nursing Home

• Saint John, N.B. adds nursing home; more beds still needed

  One advocacy group estimated that there are nearly 500 people in a hospital in New Brunswick who are on a waiting list for a bed in a long-term care home.

  Canada

  Jan 16
  
• Nova Scotia adds 600 new long term care beds to planned system increase

  Nova Scotia said the plan is to add 28 new single-bed rooms to the network this year, then 812 new rooms in 2025 and another 340 in 2027.

  Canada

  Jan 11
  
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• N.S. disability rights advocate moves out of nursing home and into a condo

  After 10 years living in a nursing home and tireless advocacy from Jen Powley and Independent Living Nova Scotia, Vicky Levack finally has been able to move into a condo.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2022
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• Fall River residents concerned about impact development could have on drinking water

  The proposal from the developer includes plans to build a water treatment facility with effluent going into Lake Thomas, about 200 metres from where residents draw their water.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2022
• Hundreds of N.B. nursing home beds vacant amid staffing shortages

  The union representing some nursing home workers says there are nearly 400 people waiting for nursing home beds amid ongoing staffing shortages in the sector.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2022
• COVID-19: New Brunswick long-term care departmental resources ending April

  There are at least 65 long-term care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks and the organizations representing the workers and homes say the departmental resources are ending.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2022
• Whitby, Ont. long-term care home to close in April

  Sunnycrest Nursing Home in Whitby, Ont., is closing its doors in April. The long-term care home was among those hardest hit by COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020.

  Health

  Feb 18, 2022
• N.B. seniors advocate calls resident’s death following several assaults preventable

  New Brunswick's child, youth and seniors advocate says the death of a resident in a nursing home that resulted from several assaults was preventable.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2022
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• ‘Heartbreaking failure’: Nursing home union calls out N.B. government on COVID-19 outbreaks

  The New Brunswick government says 47 long-term care facilities have outbreaks with roughly 300 residents with COVID-19 infections and more than 200 health-care workers off the job.

  Health

  Jan 21, 2022
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• N.S. nursing home resident says staff shortages, ‘draconian’ rules making life difficult

  Nova Scotia nursing home resident Vicky Levack says she is struggling amid 'draconian' rules and staff shortages in long-term care homes.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2022