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Residential Care Facility Admissions

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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
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites 9
days
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home 9
days
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites 10
days
Lunenburg Peter's Place 8
days
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home 12
days
Queens All Queens County sites 10
days
Queens Hillsview Acres 10
days
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 11
days
Cumberland Centennial Villa 10
days
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence 10
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor 12
days
Cumberland Chignecto Manor 20
days
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 11
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates 11
days
Pictou All Pictou County sites 20
days
Pictou High Crest Place 7
days
Pictou High Crest Home New Glasgow 41
days
Pictou Shiretown (Pictou) 76
days
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 28
days
Annapolis Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Limited - Geri-care 12
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 28
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot 21
days
Kings Wolfville Elms 69
days
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors ---
Digby All Digby County sites 44
days
Digby Foyer Celeste 43
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan 46
days
Hants All Hants County sites 48
days
Hants Willows Special Care Manor 17
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home 35
days
Hants Magnolia Continuing Care Centre - Rosecrest 143
days
Hants Serenity Lodge ---
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home ---
Colchester All Colchester County sites 54
days
Colchester Townsview Estates 63
days
Colchester Karlaine Place ---
Colchester Wynn Park Villa ---
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Victoria All Victoria County sites 57
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home 57
days
Inverness All Inverness County sites 79
days
Inverness Heritage House 88
days
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset 365
days
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home ---
Halifax All Halifax County sites 84
days
Halifax Peter's Place Halifax 17
days
Halifax Sagewood - Rosecrest 41
days
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor 86
days
Halifax Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. 112
days
Halifax Melville Gardens 147
days
Halifax Seabright Rest Home ---
Halifax Clarmar Residential Care Facility ---
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 ---
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 95
days
Cape Breton Miner's Memorial Manor 62
days
Cape Breton Dominion Community Guest Home 67
days
Cape Breton Carefield Manor 75
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney 90
days
Cape Breton Maple Hill Manor 129
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney 205
days
Cape Breton Southview Guest Home ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 268
days
Richmond Richmond Villa 268
days
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: November 1 2020 - October 31 2023 Next Update: December 2023

Volume

County Facility Wait Time
Queens All Queens County sites 5
days
Queens Hillsview Acres ---
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 6
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor ---
Cumberland Chignecto Manor ---
Cumberland Centennial Villa ---
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence ---
Kings All Kings County sites 6
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot ---
Kings Wolfville Elms ---
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors ---
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 6
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates ---
Digby All Digby County sites 7
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan ---
Digby Foyer Celeste ---
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 8
days
Annapolis Grace Haven ---
Annapolis Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Limited - Geri-care ---
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home ---
Hants All Hants County sites 8
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 ---
Victoria All Victoria County sites 10
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home ---
Pictou All Pictou County sites 11
days
Pictou High Crest Place ---
Pictou High Crest Home New Glasgow ---
Pictou Shiretown (Pictou) ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 14
days
Richmond Richmond Villa ---
Colchester All Colchester County sites 16
days
Colchester Townsview Estates ---
Colchester Karlaine Place ---
Colchester Wynn Park Villa ---
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Inverness All Inverness County sites 17
days
Inverness Heritage House ---
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home ---
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset ---
Halifax All Halifax County sites 33
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 (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 62
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 ---
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites ---
Lunenburg Peter's Place ---
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home ---
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites ---
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home ---
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: November 1 2020 - October 31 2023 Next Update: December 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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