QEII Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department is working with reduced space, which may lead to delays for those with less urgent concerns. Learn more here.
Starting Saturday, December 14, the entrance to the QEII Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department will change to 1840 Bell Road. Learn more.
Caregivers often need support to take breaks and continue with their caregiving responsibilities. The Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care funds caregiver programs and services. You can find more detailed information by following the links below. To access these programs and services, call us toll-free at 1-800-225-7225.
Caregiver education and training is available through organization such as Caregivers Nova Scotia, The Alzheimer Society of NS, The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, and The ALS Society of NB & NS.
When your care team knows as much as they can about you, they are able to provide the best possible care. One way you can help them get to know you is by filling out a Social History and sharing it with them. Please consider filling out this form and sharing it with your care team. (Or you can ask us to give it to them for you.)
Learn more about this voluntary form here.
To support families, we help caregivers by providing access to respite beds for their loved ones in licensed long-term care facilities (nursing homes) across the province.
To learn more about facility based respite care, please visit the Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care or call us toll-free at 1-800-225-7225.
Facility based respite care is available in the following communities:
Central Zone (Halifax Regional Municipality)
Western Zone (Valley, Southwest and South Shore)
Eastern Zone (Cape Breton Island and Antigonish and Guysborough Counties)
Northern Zone (Colchester, Cumberland and East Hants)