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
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County | Facility | Wait Time |
---|---|---|
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 |
11 days
|
Cumberland | Chignecto Manor |
17 days
|
Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
13 days
|
Pictou | High Crest Place |
7 days
|
Pictou | High Crest Home New Glasgow |
13 days
|
Pictou | Shiretown (Pictou) |
76 days
|
Lunenburg | All Lunenburg County sites |
14 days
|
Lunenburg | Peter's Place |
12 days
|
Lunenburg | Lohnes Rest Home |
18 days
|
Shelburne | All Shelburne County sites |
15 days
|
Shelburne | Mary's Abide-A-While Home |
15 days
|
Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites |
15 days
|
Yarmouth | Glo Estates |
15 days
|
Kings | All Kings County sites |
19 days
|
Kings | Tibbetts Home Wilmot |
11 days
|
Kings | New Visions Home for Seniors |
17 days
|
Kings | Wolfville Elms |
30 days
|
Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites |
32 days
|
Annapolis | Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Limited - Geri-care |
19 days
|
Annapolis | Grace Haven |
29 days
|
Annapolis | Saunders Rest Home |
53 days
|
Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites |
35 days
|
Antigonish | Highland Crest Home |
35 days
|
Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
42 days
|
Colchester | Townsview Estates |
43 days
|
Colchester | Karlaine Place |
83 days
|
Colchester | Wynn Park Villa | --- |
Colchester | Maplewood Manor | --- |
Hants | All Hants County sites |
43 days
|
Hants | Victoria Park Guest Home |
11 days
|
Hants | Willows Special Care Manor |
23 days
|
Hants | Magnolia Continuing Care Centre - Rosecrest |
163 days
|
Hants | Serenity Lodge | --- |
Hants | Mitchell's Rest Home | --- |
Digby | All Digby County sites |
44 days
|
Digby | Foyer Celeste |
40 days
|
Digby | Au Logis d'Meteghan |
49 days
|
Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
65 days
|
Halifax | Clarmar Residential Care Facility |
26 days
|
Halifax | Seabright Rest Home |
28 days
|
Halifax | Sagewood - Rosecrest |
35 days
|
Halifax | Melville Gardens |
40 days
|
Halifax | Peter's Place Halifax |
55 days
|
Halifax | Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. |
113 days
|
Halifax | Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor |
194 days
|
Halifax | Precision Health (24 Kincardine) | --- |
Halifax | Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 5th Floor | --- |
Halifax | Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 6th Floor | --- |
Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
69 days
|
Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home |
26 days
|
Inverness | Heritage House |
93 days
|
Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset RCF |
338 days
|
Cape Breton | All Cape Breton County sites |
101 days
|
Cape Breton | Miner's Memorial Manor |
43 days
|
Cape Breton | Carefield Manor |
70 days
|
Cape Breton | Dominion Community Guest Home |
83 days
|
Cape Breton | My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney |
116 days
|
Cape Breton | Maple Hill Manor |
118 days
|
Cape Breton | My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney |
147 days
|
Cape Breton | Dutch Brook Guest Home | --- |
Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
431 days
|
Richmond | Richmond Villa |
431 days
|
Victoria | All Victoria County sites | --- |
Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home | --- |
Volume
County | Facility | Wait Time |
---|---|---|
Digby | All Digby County sites |
5 days
|
Digby | Au Logis d'Meteghan | --- |
Digby | Foyer Celeste | --- |
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 | --- |
Victoria | All Victoria County sites |
6 days
|
Victoria | Alderwood Rest Home | --- |
Pictou | All Pictou County sites |
10 days
|
Pictou | High Crest Place | --- |
Pictou | High Crest Home New Glasgow | --- |
Pictou | Shiretown (Pictou) | --- |
Richmond | All Richmond County sites |
10 days
|
Richmond | Richmond Villa | --- |
Hants | All Hants County sites |
13 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 | --- |
Inverness | All Inverness County sites |
15 days
|
Inverness | Heritage House | --- |
Inverness | Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home | --- |
Inverness | Foyer Pere Fiset RCF | --- |
Colchester | All Colchester County sites |
17 days
|
Colchester | Townsview Estates | --- |
Colchester | Karlaine Place | --- |
Colchester | Wynn Park Villa | --- |
Colchester | Maplewood Manor | --- |
Halifax | All Halifax County sites |
24 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 | 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 |
40 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 | --- |
Annapolis | All Annapolis County sites | --- |
Annapolis | Grace Haven | --- |
Annapolis | Annapolis Royal Nursing Home Limited - Geri-care | --- |
Annapolis | Saunders Rest Home | --- |
Antigonish | All Antigonish County sites | --- |
Antigonish | Highland Crest Home | --- |
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 | --- |
Yarmouth | All Yarmouth County sites | --- |
Yarmouth | Glo Estates | --- |
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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.