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Two women, Continuing Caren Assistants, help an elderly woman in a wheelchair
Posted inHealth

Nursing homes across HRM to get 500 new long-term care beds

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson February 8, 2022October 20, 2022

Barbara Adams, Minister of Seniors and Long-term Care, issued a call for suppliers interested in building 500 new single rooms in nursing homes across the Halifax Regional Municipality. It’s the first major announcement of new construction since the Progressive Conservatives took office and it comes at a time when there are more than 1,900 frail […]

Posted inCOVID

COVID clock is ticking on preparing nursing homes for a second wave

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 9, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inHealth, Province House

Province insists nursing homes must admit more residents

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 2, 2020October 20, 2022
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Today’s forecast: power outages and falling cranes

by Tim Bousquet September 22, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inHealth, Province House

Two reports detail problems at Nova Scotia nursing homes that resulted in mass COVID-19 deaths

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 21, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inElections

PCs promise fix for long-term care

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 5, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inHealth

Nursing home operators go public with call for better paid staff, updated facilities

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson July 22, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inMorning File

We need to keep talking about racism

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 16, 2020January 11, 2023
Posted inCOVID

Wait times increase for long-term care

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 2, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inCOVID

45 Northwood residents have died with COVID-19

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 13, 2020December 12, 2022

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