Nursing Homes Of Nova Scotia Association

• Growing outbreak at Nova Scotia nursing home delays vaccine booster clinic for residents

  Residents and staff at East Cumberland Lodge are being tested every 72 hours to manage further spread of the virus.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2021
  
• Two years after recommendation, N.S. proposes mandatory registry for continuing care assistants

  Nova Scotia Health Minister Zach Churchill has tabled new legislation that would require continuing care assistants to register annually.

  Health

  Apr 7, 2021
  
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• Nova Scotia withheld $229K in funding from long-term care homes over empty beds during COVID-19

  In September, the Health Department gave nursing homes an ultimatum: fill all but a number of 'pre-approved' care beds, or risk having funding withheld.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2021
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• Union leaders, advocates urge N.S. government to require minimum care hours in nursing homes

  Nova Scotia's long-term care sector is in a state of "crisis" say union leaders representing those who work in the facilities.

  Health

  Jan 12, 2021
• N.S. nursing homes ask province to delay withholding funds over vacant beds during pandemic

  Nursing homes have 30 days to fill vacant beds, or face financial penalties of more than $100 per empty space.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2020
• N.S. nursing homes look for action on funding increases in wake of COVID-19

  The Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association is releasing a position paper Tuesday titled "Enough Talk" that asks the Health Department to start fulfilling recommendations made in past reports.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2020
• Nursing home directors respond to long-term care memo from Nova Scotia Health Authority

  The memo highlights the "serious issue and concern" that overcrowding in hospital emergency departments and ambulance offloading areas has become.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2019