Service/Procedure Summary
Long-term care is an important option for people who have difficulty performing everyday tasks and whose needs cannot be met through home care. Long-term care is provided at both residential care homes and nursing homes across the province.
People living in nursing homes receive nursing and personal care on a 24-hour basis, including care given under the supervision of a nurse. Other services may include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, recreation, and those provided by a social worker and/or dietician. People may move into nursing homes directly from their homes or from hospital.
The below data shows the wait times for admission into the province’s licensed nursing homes from community and hospital. Transfers between facilities, and emergency admissions are not included in this data.
Wait times are based on completed admissions (rather than predicted wait) and represent the median wait time (the maximum time that half of all people waited). Individual wait times may vary based on a number of factors including care needs and related risk factors, client’s facility choices, and bed availability within preferred facilities.
Data reported prior to August 2023 did not include wait-times for high-priority admissions from community or admissions from hospital.
Wait times
50%
County | Facility | Wait Time |
---|---|---|
Cumberland | All Cumberland County sites |
14 days
|
Cumberland | South Cumberland Nursing Home |
7 days
|
Cumberland | Gables Lodge |
9 days
|
Cumberland | High-Crest Springhill |
14 days
|
Cumberland | East Cumberland Lodge |
19 days
|
Cumberland | Bayview Memorial |
22 days
|
Cumberland | Northumberland Hall |
30 days
|
Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
21 days
|
Pictou | Maritime Oddfellows |
9 days
|
Pictou | Glen Haven |
17 days
|
Pictou | Ivey's Terrace Nursing Home |
23 days
|
Pictou | Valley View Villa |
27 days
|
Pictou | Shiretown Nursing |
27 days
|
Pictou | Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital Northumberland Veterans Unit |
99 days
|
Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites |
50 days
|
Shelburne | Surf Lodge |
38 days
|
Shelburne | Roseway Manor |
68 days
|
Shelburne | Bay Side Home |
93 days
|
Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites |
59 days
|
Antigonish | R. K. MacDonald |
58 days
|
Antigonish | Parkland Antigonish | --- |
Guysborough | All Guysborough County sites |
62 days
|
Guysborough | Milford Haven |
31 days
|
Guysborough | High-Crest Sherbrooke |
73 days
|
Guysborough | Canso Seaside | --- |
Victoria | All Victoria County sites |
62 days
|
Victoria | Highland Manor |
3 days
|
Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home |
80 days
|
Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
63 days
|
Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset |
44 days
|
Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home |
66 days
|
Inverness | Inverary Manor |
68 days
|
Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
71 days
|
Colchester | Willow Lodge |
34 days
|
Colchester | The Mira |
37 days
|
Colchester | Vimy Court |
60 days
|
Colchester | Wynn Park Villa |
70 days
|
Colchester | Elk Court |
93 days
|
Colchester | Cedarstone Enhanced Care |
118 days
|
Colchester | Debert Court |
130 days
|
Kings | All Kings County sites |
71 days
|
Kings | Wolfville Nursing Home |
18 days
|
Kings | Grand View Manor |
54 days
|
Kings | Evergreen Home |
74 days
|
Kings | Orchard Court |
138 days
|
Kings | Blomidon Court |
138 days
|
Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites |
78 days
|
Annapolis | Mountain Lea Lodge |
76 days
|
Annapolis | Soldiers Memorial Veterans Unit |
79 days
|
Annapolis | Heart of the Valley LTC Centre |
102 days
|
Annapolis | Annapolis Royal Nursing Home |
121 days
|
Queens | All Queens County sites |
78 days
|
Queens | Queen's Manor |
74 days
|
Queens | North Queens Nursing Home |
78 days
|
Digby | All Digby County sites |
99 days
|
Digby | Villa Acadienne |
58 days
|
Digby | Tideview Terrace |
128 days
|
Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
99 days
|
Yarmouth | Nakile Home |
77 days
|
Yarmouth | The Meadows- Tidal View Manor |
94 days
|
Yarmouth | Veteran's Place (Yarmouth Regional Hospital) |
118 days
|
Yarmouth | Villa St. Joseph du Lac |
209 days
|
Lunenburg | All Lunenburg County sites |
117 days
|
Lunenburg | Shoreham Village |
76 days
|
Lunenburg | Hillside Pines |
99 days
|
Lunenburg | Mahone Nursing |
117 days
|
Lunenburg | Harbour View Haven |
119 days
|
Lunenburg | Rosedale Home |
120 days
|
Lunenburg | Ryan Hall |
146 days
|
Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
119 days
|
Cape Breton | Seaview Manor |
32 days
|
Cape Breton | Northside Community Guest |
63 days
|
Cape Breton | Taigh Solas |
77 days
|
Cape Breton | Miner's Memorial Manor |
122 days
|
Cape Breton | Maple Hill |
122 days
|
Cape Breton | Harbour View Hospital |
122 days
|
Cape Breton | Victoria Haven |
123 days
|
Cape Breton | Harbourstone |
149 days
|
Cape Breton | Taigh Na Mara Facility |
173 days
|
Cape Breton | Celtic Court |
175 days
|
Cape Breton | The Cove |
177 days
|
Cape Breton | Waterford Heights |
197 days
|
Cape Breton | MacGillivray Guest |
226 days
|
Hants | All Hants County sites |
123 days
|
Hants | Haliburton Place |
57 days
|
Hants | Dykeland Lodge |
123 days
|
Hants | Windsor Elms Village |
132 days
|
Hants | Magnolia Continuing Care Centre |
154 days
|
Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
133 days
|
Halifax | Bedford West Northwood |
93 days
|
Halifax | Ocean View Continuing Care Centre |
94 days
|
Halifax | Oakwood Terrace |
103 days
|
Halifax | White Hills LTC Centre |
110 days
|
Halifax | Maplestone Enhanced Care |
110 days
|
Halifax | Braeside Nursing Home |
111 days
|
Halifax | Northwood Care |
116 days
|
Halifax | Melville Lodge |
116 days
|
Halifax | The Ivy Meadows Continuing Care Centre |
118 days
|
Halifax | Saint Vincent's |
118 days
|
Halifax | Parkland at the Lakes-Glasgow Hall |
128 days
|
Halifax | Arborstone Enhanced Care |
135 days
|
Halifax | Parkstone Enhanced Care |
142 days
|
Halifax | The Birches |
143 days
|
Halifax | Bissett Court |
154 days
|
Halifax | SD Camp Hill (Veterans Memorial Building) LTC Facility |
156 days
|
Halifax | Harbourview Lodge Continuing Care Centre |
161 days
|
Halifax | The Admiral LTC Centre |
203 days
|
Halifax | Melville Gardens Nursing Home |
324 days
|
Halifax | The Sagewood Continuing Care Centre |
350 days
|
Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
147 days
|
Richmond | St. Anne Centre |
100 days
|
Richmond | Richmond Villa |
169 days
|
Volume
County | Facility | Wait Time |
---|---|---|
Guysborough | All Guysborough County sites |
9 days
|
Guysborough | Milford Haven | --- |
Guysborough | High-Crest Sherbrooke | --- |
Guysborough | Canso Seaside | --- |
Queens | All Queens County sites |
16 days
|
Queens | Queen's Manor | --- |
Queens | North Queens Nursing Home | --- |
Cumberland | All Cumberland County sites |
20 days
|
Cumberland | High-Crest Springhill | --- |
Cumberland | Gables Lodge | --- |
Cumberland | East Cumberland Lodge | --- |
Cumberland | Bayview Memorial | --- |
Cumberland | South Cumberland Nursing Home | --- |
Cumberland | Northumberland Hall | --- |
Victoria | All Victoria County sites |
20 days
|
Victoria | Highland Manor | --- |
Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home | --- |
Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites |
25 days
|
Shelburne | Surf Lodge | --- |
Shelburne | Roseway Manor | --- |
Shelburne | Bay Side Home | --- |
Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites |
31 days
|
Annapolis | Mountain Lea Lodge | --- |
Annapolis | Annapolis Royal Nursing Home | --- |
Annapolis | Heart of the Valley LTC Centre | --- |
Annapolis | Soldiers Memorial Veterans Unit | --- |
Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
34 days
|
Richmond | St. Anne Centre | --- |
Richmond | Richmond Villa | --- |
Digby | All Digby County sites |
39 days
|
Digby | Villa Acadienne | --- |
Digby | Tideview Terrace | --- |
Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
40 days
|
Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home | --- |
Inverness | Inverary Manor | --- |
Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset | --- |
Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites |
42 days
|
Antigonish | R. K. MacDonald | --- |
Antigonish | Parkland Antigonish | --- |
Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
45 days
|
Yarmouth | Villa St. Joseph du Lac | --- |
Yarmouth | The Meadows- Tidal View Manor | --- |
Yarmouth | Nakile Home | --- |
Yarmouth | Veteran's Place (Yarmouth Regional Hospital) | --- |
Kings | All Kings County sites |
78 days
|
Kings | Wolfville Nursing Home | --- |
Kings | Grand View Manor | --- |
Kings | Evergreen Home | --- |
Kings | Orchard Court | --- |
Kings | Blomidon Court | --- |
Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
78 days
|
Pictou | Valley View Villa | --- |
Pictou | Shiretown Nursing | --- |
Pictou | Maritime Oddfellows | --- |
Pictou | Ivey's Terrace Nursing Home | --- |
Pictou | Glen Haven | --- |
Pictou | Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital Northumberland Veterans Unit | --- |
Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
97 days
|
Colchester | Wynn Park Villa | --- |
Colchester | Willow Lodge | --- |
Colchester | Vimy Court | --- |
Colchester | The Mira | --- |
Colchester | Elk Court | --- |
Colchester | Debert Court | --- |
Colchester | Cedarstone Enhanced Care | --- |
Lunenburg | All Lunenburg County sites |
114 days
|
Lunenburg | Shoreham Village | --- |
Lunenburg | Rosedale Home | --- |
Lunenburg | Mahone Nursing | --- |
Lunenburg | Hillside Pines | --- |
Lunenburg | Harbour View Haven | --- |
Lunenburg | Ryan Hall | --- |
Hants | All Hants County sites |
137 days
|
Hants | Windsor Elms Village | --- |
Hants | Magnolia Continuing Care Centre | --- |
Hants | Dykeland Lodge | --- |
Hants | Haliburton Place | --- |
Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
256 days
|
Cape Breton | Victoria Haven | --- |
Cape Breton | Taigh Na Mara Facility | --- |
Cape Breton | Seaview Manor | --- |
Cape Breton | Northside Community Guest | --- |
Cape Breton | Harbourstone | --- |
Cape Breton | Waterford Heights | --- |
Cape Breton | The Cove | --- |
Cape Breton | Taigh Solas | --- |
Cape Breton | Miner's Memorial Manor | --- |
Cape Breton | Maple Hill | --- |
Cape Breton | MacGillivray Guest | --- |
Cape Breton | Harbour View Hospital | --- |
Cape Breton | Celtic Court | --- |
Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
738 days
|
Halifax | Melville Gardens Nursing Home | --- |
Halifax | Harbourview Lodge Continuing Care Centre | --- |
Halifax | The Admiral LTC Centre | --- |
Halifax | The Birches | --- |
Halifax | SD Camp Hill (Veterans Memorial Building) LTC Facility | --- |
Halifax | Arborstone Enhanced Care | --- |
Halifax | Bedford West Northwood | --- |
Halifax | Bissett Court | --- |
Halifax | Braeside Nursing Home | --- |
Halifax | Maplestone Enhanced Care | --- |
Halifax | White Hills LTC Centre | --- |
Halifax | Melville Lodge | --- |
Halifax | Northwood Care | --- |
Halifax | Oakwood Terrace | --- |
Halifax | Ocean View Continuing Care Centre | --- |
Halifax | Parkland at the Lakes-Glasgow Hall | --- |
Halifax | Parkstone Enhanced Care | --- |
Halifax | Saint Vincent's | --- |
Halifax | The Ivy Meadows Continuing Care Centre | --- |
Halifax | The Sagewood Continuing Care Centre | --- |
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Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency admissions. Sites without a wait time listed did not have enough admissions to calculate a wait time.