FAQ's
How Do I Enter a Nursing Home?
The Department of Social Development must approve all admissions to Nursing Homes. Staff from the Department will decide your eligibility by looking at your long term health care and social needs. If these are greater than what you, your family and the community can provide, you may be eligible for nursing home care.
What Happens Next?
After the Department determines your eligibility, they will send your name to all the nursing homes within 100 kilometres of your home. When these homes have a vacancy, they must select residents from the approved list. You will need to complete the Nursing Home's application as well.
Which Nursing Home?
When you are eligible for admission, you can make your preferences known by applying directly to the nursing home you prefer. We suggest you choose more than one to increase your chances of getting in early.
What if I'm not offered the nursing home I want?
If there is no vacancy in the nursing home you prefer, you may have to go to another nursing home within 100 kilometers of your home. You are not obliged to accept a bed in a home where you do not understand the language spoken.
What if I don't want to go to the nursing home offered to me?
You are allowed one refusal. If you refuse a second placement, the Department will take your name off the waiting list and reassess your situation. If you cannot get into the nursing home you prefer, you may choose to accept a bed at another home and apply to transfer there later. Most people usually go to the home of their first choice. If you are in the hospital waiting for a placement, be sure to ask about nursing home placement policies.
How Do I Enter a Nursing Home?
The Department of Social Development must approve all admissions to Nursing Homes. Staff from the Department will decide your eligibility by looking at your long term health care and social needs. If these are greater than what you, your family and the community can provide, you may be eligible for nursing home care.
What Happens Next?
After the Department determines your eligibility, they will send your name to all the nursing homes within 100 kilometres of your home. When these homes have a vacancy, they must select residents from the approved list. You will need to complete the Nursing Home's application as well.
Which Nursing Home?
When you are eligible for admission, you can make your preferences known by applying directly to the nursing home you prefer. We suggest you choose more than one to increase your chances of getting in early.
What if I'm not offered the nursing home I want?
If there is no vacancy in the nursing home you prefer, you may have to go to another nursing home within 100 kilometers of your home. You are not obliged to accept a bed in a home where you do not understand the language spoken.
What if I don't want to go to the nursing home offered to me?
You are allowed one refusal. If you refuse a second placement, the Department will take your name off the waiting list and reassess your situation. If you cannot get into the nursing home you prefer, you may choose to accept a bed at another home and apply to transfer there later. Most people usually go to the home of their first choice. If you are in the hospital waiting for a placement, be sure to ask about nursing home placement policies.
How Does a Person Get Into a Nursing Home?
Nursing Home Services (gnb.ca)
Staff from the NB Department of Social Services will determine a person's eligibility by looking at their long term health care and social needs. Going into a nursing home is voluntary. If a person can afford to pay their nursing home costs, they must do so. If a person feels they cannot afford the costs, they can apply to this department for a subsidy.
https://www2.snb.ca/content/snb/en/services/services_renderer.9615.Nursing_Home_Services.html
Staff from the NB Department of Social Services will determine a person's eligibility by looking at their long term health care and social needs. Going into a nursing home is voluntary. If a person can afford to pay their nursing home costs, they must do so. If a person feels they cannot afford the costs, they can apply to this department for a subsidy.
https://www2.snb.ca/content/snb/en/services/services_renderer.9615.Nursing_Home_Services.html
Seniors Guide to Services and Programs in NB
Nursing Home Services/Department of Social Development
November 2021 Telegraph Journal ~ Province Announces Services to Help Seniors Age in Place
Within ten years, more than 28 percent of the NB population will be over the age of 65. "One in three hospital beds are now being occupied by seniors who could be experiencing a better quality of life," says NB Health Minister Dorothy Shephard.
Senior Services announced a new health care plan that includes support for seniors aging in place. The expansion of the Nursing Home Without Walls program is a partnership with the NB Extra-Mural program to provide nursing home services to seniors still living at home. The plan will include long-term care staff on at least ten hospital discharge teams by 2023, to provide support to seniors in their transition back home following a stay at the hospital.
Over the next two years, the program which is already in four locations in southeast NB (including Loch Lomond Villa and on the Acadian Peninsula), will be expanded to include 20 locations in the province. The Extra Mural program will partner with 20 special care homes to provide clinical services and technology for routine follow up appointments for seniors, and services such as support for getting groceries and going to doctors appointments. Tablets will be provided to special care homes to connect seniors to their loved ones. Seniors on the physician waiting list will also be able to book in person or virtual appointments with a family doctor by next year.
November 17, 2021 Telegraph Journal ~ Wait Time for Nursing Home Placement Varies by Patient
There are approximately 819 people presently on the waiting list for a nursing home in NB, with 456 waiting in hospital, according to Rebecca Howland of the NB Department of Social Development. She says it is difficult to put an exact figure on wait times for placement into nursing homes because it depends on several factors, depending on where the patient wishes to go, as well as the level of care required.
A functional assessment must first be conducted by the department to ensure that seniors receive the right level of services they require, in the right place, and by the right provider. People who need placement in a nursing home or special care home are first assessed by a social worker from Social Development. The process begins by applying to the Long-Term Care Program, and a functional assessment is conducted to determine the patient's level of need. A financial assessment determines the amount the patient is responsible for in the cost of their services. The length of time it takes for this process can be completed, varies as each situation is unique. Delays can happen for several reasons, an individual may wish to think about their choices and options or there may be issues with receiving the necessary paperwork or medical reports.
A 3A designated facility is one in which clients require assistance and supervision on a 24-hour basis.
Within ten years, more than 28 percent of the NB population will be over the age of 65. "One in three hospital beds are now being occupied by seniors who could be experiencing a better quality of life," says NB Health Minister Dorothy Shephard.
Senior Services announced a new health care plan that includes support for seniors aging in place. The expansion of the Nursing Home Without Walls program is a partnership with the NB Extra-Mural program to provide nursing home services to seniors still living at home. The plan will include long-term care staff on at least ten hospital discharge teams by 2023, to provide support to seniors in their transition back home following a stay at the hospital.
Over the next two years, the program which is already in four locations in southeast NB (including Loch Lomond Villa and on the Acadian Peninsula), will be expanded to include 20 locations in the province. The Extra Mural program will partner with 20 special care homes to provide clinical services and technology for routine follow up appointments for seniors, and services such as support for getting groceries and going to doctors appointments. Tablets will be provided to special care homes to connect seniors to their loved ones. Seniors on the physician waiting list will also be able to book in person or virtual appointments with a family doctor by next year.
November 17, 2021 Telegraph Journal ~ Wait Time for Nursing Home Placement Varies by Patient
There are approximately 819 people presently on the waiting list for a nursing home in NB, with 456 waiting in hospital, according to Rebecca Howland of the NB Department of Social Development. She says it is difficult to put an exact figure on wait times for placement into nursing homes because it depends on several factors, depending on where the patient wishes to go, as well as the level of care required.
A functional assessment must first be conducted by the department to ensure that seniors receive the right level of services they require, in the right place, and by the right provider. People who need placement in a nursing home or special care home are first assessed by a social worker from Social Development. The process begins by applying to the Long-Term Care Program, and a functional assessment is conducted to determine the patient's level of need. A financial assessment determines the amount the patient is responsible for in the cost of their services. The length of time it takes for this process can be completed, varies as each situation is unique. Delays can happen for several reasons, an individual may wish to think about their choices and options or there may be issues with receiving the necessary paperwork or medical reports.
A 3A designated facility is one in which clients require assistance and supervision on a 24-hour basis.
Nursing Home Association of NB
The New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes Inc. (NBANH) is an employer association that advocates on behalf of all 71 licensed nursing homes’ in NB. The nursing home sector represents over 4,800 residents and 7,000 employees across the province. Find a nursing home in your region in our nursing home directory .NBANH
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