People are living too long in nursing homes

It costs lots of money to care for elderly people, but the province is making progress in expanding the Home Care system so that only the most frail and vulnerable go to nursing homes.

March 15, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

Nova Scotia spends $11 million on health care every day — that’s $131 every second. Chances are someone in your family is one of 6,900 people receiving care in a Nova Scotia nursing home right now. Or perhaps you know one of 1,463 people waiting to be admitted — a wait list that has dropped 40 per…

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Jennifer Henderson is a freelance journalist and retired CBC News reporter. email: [email protected]

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