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 residential care homes receive help with personal care, such as bathing, dressing, and reminders about daily routines, along with supervision and accommodation. Personal care and supervision are provided by Residential Care Workers who are always available on site. People may move into residential care directly from their community or from hospital.
The below data shows the wait times for admission into the province’s licensed residential care 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
50th
County | Facility | Wait Time |
---|---|---|
Cumberland | All Cumberland County sites |
9 days
|
Cumberland | Victoria Manor |
9 days
|
Cumberland | White Birches Retirement Residence |
9 days
|
Cumberland | Chignecto Manor |
14 days
|
Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
12 days
|
Yarmouth | Glo Estates |
12 days
|
Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
13 days
|
Pictou | High Crest Place |
7 days
|
Pictou | High Crest Home New Glasgow |
14 days
|
Queens | All Queens County sites |
13 days
|
Queens | Hillsview Acres |
13 days
|
Lunenburg | All Lunenburg County sites |
14 days
|
Lunenburg | Peter's Place |
12 days
|
Lunenburg | Lohnes Rest Home |
18 days
|
Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites |
15 days
|
Antigonish | Highland Crest Home |
15 days
|
Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites |
19 days
|
Shelburne | Mary's Abide-A-While Home |
19 days
|
Hants | All Hants County sites |
23 days
|
Hants | Victoria Park Guest Home |
11 days
|
Hants | Willows Special Care Manor |
18 days
|
Hants | Mitchell's Rest Home |
97 days
|
Hants | Serenity Lodge | --- |
Kings | All Kings County sites |
25 days
|
Kings | New Visions Home for Seniors |
17 days
|
Kings | Tibbetts Home Wilmot |
20 days
|
Kings | Wolfville Elms |
45 days
|
Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites |
32 days
|
Annapolis | Grace Haven |
28 days
|
Annapolis | Saunders Rest Home |
53 days
|
Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
42 days
|
Colchester | Townsview Estates |
43 days
|
Colchester | Karlaine Place |
83 days
|
Colchester | Maplewood Manor | --- |
Digby | All Digby County sites |
49 days
|
Digby | Foyer Celeste |
41 days
|
Digby | Au Logis d'Meteghan |
60 days
|
Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
63 days
|
Halifax | Seabright Rest Home |
29 days
|
Halifax | Clarmar Residential Care Facility |
36 days
|
Halifax | Melville Gardens |
44 days
|
Halifax | Peter's Place Halifax |
59 days
|
Halifax | Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. |
106 days
|
Halifax | Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor |
168 days
|
Halifax | Precision Health (21 Kincardine) | --- |
Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
69 days
|
Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home |
26 days
|
Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset RCF |
338 days
|
Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
103 days
|
Cape Breton | Carefield Manor |
73 days
|
Cape Breton | Dominion Community Guest Home |
83 days
|
Cape Breton | Miner's Memorial Manor |
88 days
|
Cape Breton | Maple Hill Manor |
104 days
|
Cape Breton | My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney |
118 days
|
Cape Breton | My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney |
143 days
|
Cape Breton | Dutch Brook Guest Home | --- |
Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
360 days
|
Richmond | Richmond Villa |
360 days
|
Victoria | All Victoria County sites | --- |
Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home | --- |
Volume
County | Facility | Wait Time |
---|---|---|
Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
5 days
|
Yarmouth | Glo Estates | --- |
Cumberland | All Cumberland County sites |
6 days
|
Cumberland | Victoria Manor | --- |
Cumberland | Chignecto Manor | --- |
Cumberland | White Birches Retirement Residence | --- |
Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
6 days
|
Pictou | High Crest Place | --- |
Pictou | High Crest Home New Glasgow | --- |
Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites |
7 days
|
Annapolis | Grace Haven | --- |
Annapolis | Saunders Rest Home | --- |
Victoria | All Victoria County sites |
9 days
|
Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home | --- |
Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
12 days
|
Colchester | Townsview Estates | --- |
Colchester | Karlaine Place | --- |
Colchester | Maplewood Manor | --- |
Hants | All Hants County sites |
13 days
|
Hants | Victoria Park Guest Home | --- |
Hants | Serenity Lodge | --- |
Hants | Mitchell's Rest Home | --- |
Hants | Willows Special Care Manor | --- |
Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
14 days
|
Richmond | Richmond Villa | --- |
Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
16 days
|
Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home | --- |
Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset RCF | --- |
Kings | All Kings County sites |
17 days
|
Kings | Tibbetts Home Wilmot | --- |
Kings | Wolfville Elms | --- |
Kings | New Visions Home for Seniors | --- |
Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
19 days
|
Halifax | Seabright Rest Home | --- |
Halifax | Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor | --- |
Halifax | Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. | --- |
Halifax | Melville Gardens | --- |
Halifax | Clarmar Residential Care Facility | --- |
Halifax | Peter's Place Halifax | --- |
Halifax | Precision Health (21 Kincardine) | --- |
Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
35 days
|
Cape Breton | My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney | --- |
Cape Breton | Carefield Manor | --- |
Cape Breton | Maple Hill Manor | --- |
Cape Breton | Dominion Community Guest Home | --- |
Cape Breton | My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney | --- |
Cape Breton | Miner's Memorial Manor | --- |
Cape Breton | Dutch Brook Guest Home | --- |
Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites | --- |
Antigonish | Highland Crest Home | --- |
Digby | All Digby County sites | --- |
Digby | Au Logis d'Meteghan | --- |
Digby | Foyer Celeste | --- |
Lunenburg | All Lunenburg County sites | --- |
Lunenburg | Peter's Place | --- |
Lunenburg | Lohnes Rest Home | --- |
Queens | All Queens County sites | --- |
Queens | Hillsview Acres | --- |
Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites | --- |
Shelburne | Mary's Abide-A-While Home | --- |
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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.