About Continuing Care
The care/service received in the community to prevent, control, or relieve complications and/or side effects and to improve the citizens' comfort and quality of life.
This includes home care services (Extra-Mural Program and Home support services), long term care (nursing homes, special care homes and adult residential facilities) and palliative care services.
Key Observations
Home care services are services provided in people’s homes, such as health care services and home support services.
In 2024-2025, the average wait time for home support services in New Brunswick was almost 3 months (85 days). This wait time varied across zones, ranging from an average of 43 days in Zone 7 to an average of 127 days in Zone 2.
Long-term Care
Long-term care services refer to services provided in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, special care homes and adult residential care homes.
In 2024-2025:
• Citizens across the province experienced long wait times for long-term care placement, with the longest average wait times observed for nursing home placement (142 days or almost 5 months).
• Almost 1 in 3 nursing home residents (31%) improved their physical functioning while in a long-term care setting. This percentage was highest in Zone 5 (43%).
• Potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications was reported among more than 1 in 3 nursing home residents (36%) in New Brunswick. This percentage was highest in Zone 6 (65%), almost double the provincial average.
• 25% of nursing home residents were in daily physical restraints. In Zone 4, this percentage was as high as 36%.
