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Going to a Nursing Home
Nursing Home Admission
How do I enter a nursing home?
The Department must approve all requests for services in nursing homes - even if you pay your own way. 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.
However, going to a nursing home is just one option. The Department provides a range of Long Term Care Services for seniors and adults with disabilities who need help. Services include personal support, as well as physical, social and mental health services. These are not covered by Medicare. However, people who can’t pay the full cost can ask the Department to assess them for financial assistance. To find out more, contact Social Development (look at the back of this booklet or blue pages of your telephone book) or Mental Health Services (in blue pages) or Extra-Mural Program (white pages of your telephone book).
Can someone make me go into a nursing home?
Going into a nursing home is voluntary. To get in, you must agree to an assessment. Nobody can force a competent person to have this assessment or to go to a nursing home.
What happens when I do need nursing home care?
After the Department of Social Development finds you eligible and approves your application for placement in a nursing home, they will send your name to all of the nursing homes within 100 kilometers of the municipality from where your home is located. When these homes have a vacancy, they must select residents from the approved list. If your spouse wishes to be admitted to the nursing home with you, you can make this request to the Department.
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