Nursing home wait list hits record high — and is now holding up 500 hospital beds
- 27 May 2023
- posted by NBSCHA
The number of New Brunswick seniors waiting to get into a nursing home has reached a record high, and nearly 500 of the people on that list are waiting in hospital beds that could be used for acute care, according to a seniors' advocate.
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Shift - NB with Vanessa Vander Valk
- 27 May 2023
- posted by NBSCHA
Wages are going up for those who work in special care homes in the province - to $19 an hour. It's a good start, but not as high as some advocates were hoping for. We speak to Jan Seely, president of the New Brunswick Special Care Home Association.
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Health department wants to put four more N.B. hospitals under critical state procedure
- 19 January 2024
- posted by NBSCHA
The New Brunswick health department(opens in a new tab) has requested to place four New Brunswick hospitals under a critical state procedure, which would allow staff to move long-term care patients to nursing or special care homes.
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