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Residential Care Facility Admissions

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

50%

County Facility Wait Time
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 7
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates 7
days
Queens All Queens County sites 10
days
Queens Hillsview Acres 10
days
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 12
days
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence 10
days
Cumberland Centennial Villa 11
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor 13
days
Cumberland Chignecto Manor 18
days
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites 12
days
Lunenburg Peter's Place 8
days
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home 16
days
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites 14
days
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home 14
days
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 28
days
Annapolis Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Limited - Geri-care 14
days
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home 14
days
Annapolis Grace Haven 44
days
Antigonish All Antigonish County sites 28
days
Antigonish Highland Crest Home 28
days
Kings All Kings County sites 31
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot 24
days
Kings Wolfville Elms 57
days
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors ---
Pictou All Pictou County sites 38
days
Pictou High Crest Place 11
days
Pictou High Crest Home New Glasgow 41
days
Pictou Shiretown (Pictou) 91
days
Digby All Digby County sites 44
days
Digby Foyer Celeste 38
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan 49
days
Hants All Hants County sites 45
days
Hants Willows Special Care Manor 17
days
Hants Serenity Lodge 27
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home 35
days
Hants Magnolia Continuing Care Centre - Rosecrest 83
days
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home ---
Inverness All Inverness County sites 79
days
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home 49
days
Inverness Heritage House 88
days
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset 338
days
Colchester All Colchester County sites 85
days
Colchester Townsview Estates 85
days
Colchester Karlaine Place 128
days
Colchester Wynn Park Villa ---
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Halifax All Halifax County sites 91
days
Halifax Sagewood - Rosecrest 41
days
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor 86
days
Halifax Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. 109
days
Halifax Melville Gardens 216
days
Halifax Seabright Rest Home ---
Halifax Clarmar Residential Care Facility ---
Halifax Peter's Place Halifax ---
Halifax Northwoodcare - Bedford ---
Halifax Precision Health (24 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Precision Health (21 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Harbourview Lodge Continuing Care Centre ---
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 5th Floor ---
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 6th Floor ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 101
days
Richmond Richmond Villa 101
days
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 116
days
Cape Breton Carefield Manor 81
days
Cape Breton Miner's Memorial Manor 113
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney 118
days
Cape Breton Maple Hill Manor 129
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney 202
days
Cape Breton Dominion Community Guest Home 252
days
Cape Breton Southview Guest Home ---
Victoria All Victoria County sites 196
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home 196
days
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: August 1 2020 - July 31 2023 Next Update: September 2023

Volume

County Facility Wait Time
Digby All Digby County sites 5
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan ---
Digby Foyer Celeste ---
Hants All Hants County sites 5
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home ---
Hants Serenity Lodge ---
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home ---
Hants Magnolia Continuing Care Centre - Rosecrest ---
Hants Willows Special Care Manor ---
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 6
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates ---
Queens All Queens County sites 7
days
Queens Hillsview Acres ---
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 9
days
Annapolis Grace Haven ---
Annapolis Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Limited - Geri-care ---
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home ---
Pictou All Pictou County sites 9
days
Pictou High Crest Place ---
Pictou High Crest Home New Glasgow ---
Pictou Shiretown (Pictou) ---
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites 10
days
Lunenburg Peter's Place ---
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home ---
Victoria All Victoria County sites 10
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 15
days
Richmond Richmond Villa ---
Colchester All Colchester County sites 19
days
Colchester Townsview Estates ---
Colchester Karlaine Place ---
Colchester Wynn Park Villa ---
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Inverness All Inverness County sites 22
days
Inverness Heritage House ---
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home ---
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset ---
Halifax All Halifax County sites 23
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 Northwoodcare - Bedford ---
Halifax Precision Health (24 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Precision Health (21 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Harbourview Lodge Continuing Care Centre ---
Halifax Sagewood - Rosecrest ---
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 5th Floor ---
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 6th Floor ---
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 66
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 Southview Guest Home ---
Antigonish All Antigonish County sites ---
Antigonish Highland Crest Home ---
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites ---
Cumberland Victoria Manor ---
Cumberland Chignecto Manor ---
Cumberland Centennial Villa ---
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence ---
Kings All Kings County sites ---
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot ---
Kings Wolfville Elms ---
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors ---
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites ---
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home ---
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: August 1 2020 - July 31 2023 Next Update: September 2023

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.

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