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
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| County | Facility | Wait Time |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | All Cumberland County sites |
20 days
|
| Cumberland | South Cumberland Nursing Home |
10 days
|
| Cumberland | High-Crest Springhill |
15 days
|
| Cumberland | Gables Lodge |
17 days
|
| Cumberland | East Cumberland Lodge |
30 days
|
| Cumberland | Northumberland Hall |
46 days
|
| Cumberland | Bayview Memorial | --- |
| Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
35 days
|
| Pictou | Ivey's Terrace Nursing Home |
26 days
|
| Pictou | Valley View Villa |
29 days
|
| Pictou | Glen Haven |
35 days
|
| Pictou | Shiretown Nursing |
38 days
|
| Pictou | Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital Northumberland Veterans Unit |
73 days
|
| Pictou | Maritime Oddfellows |
81 days
|
| Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites |
41 days
|
| Shelburne | Surf Lodge |
32 days
|
| Shelburne | Roseway Manor |
41 days
|
| Shelburne | Bay Side Home |
48 days
|
| Queens | All Queens County sites |
67 days
|
| Queens | Queen's Manor |
50 days
|
| Queens | North Queens Nursing Home |
82 days
|
| Victoria | All Victoria County sites |
68 days
|
| Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home |
108 days
|
| Victoria | Highland Manor | --- |
| Digby | All Digby County sites |
70 days
|
| Digby | Villa d'la Baie |
28 days
|
| Digby | Tideview Terrace |
119 days
|
| Digby | Villa Acadienne |
120 days
|
| Guysborough | All Guysborough County sites |
70 days
|
| Guysborough | Milford Haven |
42 days
|
| Guysborough | High-Crest Sherbrooke |
73 days
|
| Guysborough | Canso Seaside | --- |
| Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
76 days
|
| Colchester | The Mira |
38 days
|
| Colchester | Willow Lodge |
75 days
|
| Colchester | Elk Court |
78 days
|
| Colchester | Vimy Court |
96 days
|
| Colchester | Cedarstone Enhanced Care |
113 days
|
| Colchester | Debert Court |
119 days
|
| Colchester | Wynn Park Villa |
131 days
|
| Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
76 days
|
| Inverness | Inverary Manor |
70 days
|
| Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home |
73 days
|
| Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset |
98 days
|
| Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
77 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Heights |
36 days
|
| Yarmouth | Nakile Home |
63 days
|
| Yarmouth | Villa St. Joseph du Lac |
66 days
|
| Yarmouth | The Meadows- Tidal View Manor |
88 days
|
| Yarmouth | Veteran's Place (Yarmouth Regional Hospital) |
118 days
|
| Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites |
81 days
|
| Annapolis | Annapolis Royal Nursing Home |
53 days
|
| Annapolis | Mountain Lea Lodge |
83 days
|
| Annapolis | Heart of the Valley LTC Centre |
122 days
|
| Annapolis | Soldiers Memorial Veterans Unit |
148 days
|
| Kings | All Kings County sites |
92 days
|
| Kings | Wolfville Nursing Home |
51 days
|
| Kings | Grand View Manor |
54 days
|
| Kings | Evergreen Home |
82 days
|
| Kings | Blomidon Court |
176 days
|
| Kings | Orchard Court |
191 days
|
| Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites |
104 days
|
| Antigonish | R. K. MacDonald |
94 days
|
| Antigonish | Parkland Antigonish |
719 days
|
| Lunenburg | All Lunenburg County sites |
107 days
|
| Lunenburg | Mahone Nursing |
78 days
|
| Lunenburg | Rosedale Home |
80 days
|
| Lunenburg | Harbour View Haven |
96 days
|
| Lunenburg | Ryan Hall |
119 days
|
| Lunenburg | Shoreham Village |
125 days
|
| Lunenburg | Hillside Pines |
144 days
|
| Lunenburg | SD Fisherman's Veteran Memorial Hospital | --- |
| Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
118 days
|
| Cape Breton | Seaview Manor |
27 days
|
| Cape Breton | Victoria Haven |
54 days
|
| Cape Breton | Maple Hill |
65 days
|
| Cape Breton | Miner's Memorial Manor |
89 days
|
| Cape Breton | Taigh Solas |
96 days
|
| Cape Breton | Northside Community Guest |
99 days
|
| Cape Breton | Harbour View Hospital |
126 days
|
| Cape Breton | Taigh Na Mara Facility |
160 days
|
| Cape Breton | Celtic Court |
187 days
|
| Cape Breton | Harbourstone |
188 days
|
| Cape Breton | The Cove |
195 days
|
| Cape Breton | MacGillivray Guest |
235 days
|
| Cape Breton | Waterford Heights |
270 days
|
| Cape Breton | SD Harbour View Hospital | --- |
| Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
136 days
|
| Halifax | The Birches |
74 days
|
| Halifax | Melville Lodge |
97 days
|
| Halifax | Northwood Care |
119 days
|
| Halifax | SD Camp Hill (Veterans Memorial Building) LTC Facility |
122 days
|
| Halifax | White Hills LTC Centre |
123 days
|
| Halifax | Maplestone Enhanced Care |
123 days
|
| Halifax | Arborstone Enhanced Care |
127 days
|
| Halifax | Parkstone Enhanced Care |
128 days
|
| Halifax | Oakwood Terrace |
135 days
|
| Halifax | Melville Gardens Nursing Home |
150 days
|
| Halifax | Saint Vincent's |
155 days
|
| Halifax | Parkland at the Lakes-Glasgow Hall |
156 days
|
| Halifax | Ocean View Continuing Care Centre |
157 days
|
| Halifax | Bedford West Northwood |
160 days
|
| Halifax | Harbourview Lodge Continuing Care Centre |
163 days
|
| Halifax | London Hall |
170 days
|
| Halifax | The Admiral LTC Centre |
178 days
|
| Halifax | The Ivy Meadows Continuing Care Centre |
181 days
|
| Halifax | The Sagewood Continuing Care Centre |
345 days
|
| Halifax | De Paul Hall (Caritas) |
346 days
|
| Halifax | Bissett Court | --- |
| Halifax | Braeside Nursing Home | --- |
| Hants | All Hants County sites |
137 days
|
| Hants | Haliburton Place |
86 days
|
| Hants | Dykeland Lodge |
106 days
|
| Hants | Windsor Elms Village |
184 days
|
| Hants | Magnolia Continuing Care Centre |
194 days
|
| Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
153 days
|
| Richmond | St. Anne Centre |
78 days
|
| Richmond | Richmond Villa |
210 days
|
Volume
| County | Facility | Wait Time |
|---|---|---|
| Digby | All Digby County sites |
16 days
|
| Digby | Villa Acadienne | --- |
| Digby | Tideview Terrace | --- |
| Digby | Villa d'la Baie | --- |
| Victoria | All Victoria County sites |
16 days
|
| Victoria | Highland Manor | --- |
| Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home | --- |
| Guysborough | All Guysborough County sites |
20 days
|
| Guysborough | Milford Haven | --- |
| Guysborough | High-Crest Sherbrooke | --- |
| Guysborough | Canso Seaside | --- |
| Queens | All Queens County sites |
20 days
|
| Queens | Queen's Manor | --- |
| Queens | North Queens Nursing Home | --- |
| Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites |
22 days
|
| Shelburne | Surf Lodge | --- |
| Shelburne | Roseway Manor | --- |
| Shelburne | Bay Side Home | --- |
| Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
29 days
|
| Yarmouth | Villa St. Joseph du Lac | --- |
| Yarmouth | The Meadows- Tidal View Manor | --- |
| Yarmouth | Nakile Home | --- |
| Yarmouth | Veteran's Place (Yarmouth Regional Hospital) | --- |
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Heights | --- |
| 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 | --- |
| Cumberland | All Cumberland County sites |
33 days
|
| Cumberland | High-Crest Springhill | --- |
| Cumberland | Gables Lodge | --- |
| Cumberland | East Cumberland Lodge | --- |
| Cumberland | Bayview Memorial | --- |
| Cumberland | South Cumberland Nursing Home | --- |
| Cumberland | Northumberland Hall | --- |
| Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
34 days
|
| Richmond | St. Anne Centre | --- |
| Richmond | Richmond Villa | --- |
| Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
41 days
|
| Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home | --- |
| Inverness | Inverary Manor | --- |
| Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset | --- |
| Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites |
47 days
|
| Antigonish | R. K. MacDonald | --- |
| Antigonish | Parkland Antigonish | --- |
| Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
92 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 | --- |
| Kings | All Kings County sites |
93 days
|
| Kings | Wolfville Nursing Home | --- |
| Kings | Grand View Manor | --- |
| Kings | Evergreen Home | --- |
| Kings | Orchard Court | --- |
| Kings | Blomidon Court | --- |
| Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
108 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 |
127 days
|
| Lunenburg | Shoreham Village | --- |
| Lunenburg | Rosedale Home | --- |
| Lunenburg | Mahone Nursing | --- |
| Lunenburg | Hillside Pines | --- |
| Lunenburg | Harbour View Haven | --- |
| Lunenburg | Ryan Hall | --- |
| Lunenburg | SD Fisherman's Veteran Memorial Hospital | --- |
| Hants | All Hants County sites |
133 days
|
| Hants | Windsor Elms Village | --- |
| Hants | Magnolia Continuing Care Centre | --- |
| Hants | Dykeland Lodge | --- |
| Hants | Haliburton Place | --- |
| Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
266 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 | --- |
| Cape Breton | SD Harbour View Hospital | --- |
| Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
785 days
|
| Halifax | Maplestone Enhanced Care | --- |
| Halifax | London Hall | --- |
| Halifax | De Paul Hall (Caritas) | --- |
| 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 | White Hills LTC Centre | --- |
| Halifax | Melville Gardens Nursing Home | --- |
| 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.