The additional beds are one of several steps proposed in New Brunswick’s new long-term plan, which has four pillars: bolstering the sector’s workforce, improving supports for caregivers, aging in place and increasing long-term care capacity.
Association says timelines in the plan, level of funding don’t reflect the crisis in long-term care
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· Posted: Mar 26, 2026 4:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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The province has announced a plan to add hundreds of new nursing home beds and improve care for seniors who stay in their own homes. (CBC News)
The New Brunswick government unveiled a long-term care strategy for seniors Thursday with a promise to add 624 nursing home beds to the system by the end of the decade and improve support services so more people can remain in their own homes as they age.
“We have to get ahead of this problem,” Premier Susan Holt said. “We have to get invested in community. We have to get invested in home care and provide those supports so that the demand for those long-term care beds starts to go down.”
The new beds are one of several actions in the plan,
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