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Long Term - Care Information in New Brunswick
Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes Allowance Beds Dailey Fees Full pay Other
62 Non Profit
3 private total 65 homes
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$108/ month
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4400 beds
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$101/ per day subsidizes income base
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800 residents
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Assessed by Social Development Level 3 &4
Hours of Care 3.1/ resident
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Special Care Home
430 Special Homes Private
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$135/month allowance
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6000 beds
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$75.50/ per day income base
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Assessed by Social Development
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Level 1 & 2
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Full pay unknown
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Level 1- 1400 residents
Level 2 - 4000 residents
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Home Care Services
Client subsides 4400
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Agency paid $16.50/hour
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Care giver -min wages and up
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income base
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Assessed by Social Development
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Hours per month 336 – 107 receiving services per month as of July, 2010
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full pay unknown
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$4,181/month per client-Average paid / month by client $329 Government pays $3,852/month per client
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Ambulance Services - Fees for current receptions of entitled services of Social Development will be waived, including those subsidized residents in receipt of a health card who reside in Nursing Homes, Special Care Homes, or their own homes, and those in Foster Care. Fees for low income seniors are waived if:
1. They are in receipt of the guaranteed income supplement; and or
2. They qualify for the New Brunswick Prescription Drug Program by virtue of low income or the guaranteed income supplement.
3. Currently 50,000 low income seniors in New Brunswick.
Dated - September 8, 2010 - Coalition for Seniors’ and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights – Long – Term Care - information