Relief Care Bed Program

The Drew provides temporary care for your loved one if you or another primary caregiver are temporarily unable to assist them in their own home. Accommodation in the nursing home can be accessed for specified periods of time, up to 30 days, following which the dependent individual returns to their former living arrangement. All services provided to the person occupying the relief care bed must meet the requirements of the Nursing Homes Act, Regulations and Standards.

The following criteria determines who is eligible for admission to a nursing home under the Relief Care Bed Program. The client is a New Brunswick resident. The client is incapacitated physically and/or mentally requiring care or supervision on a 24 hour basis. If a short term admission to a care institution is the most appropriate means of providing the family with period of relief as well as providing the client with the care and supervision required. The family is willing to contract with the nursing home for admission of the client for a specified period not to exceed thirty days, following which the client returns to his/her former living arrangement. The client or family agrees to pay, at the time of admission to the nursing home, the established per diem fee for the time period specified in the Relief Care Agreement. The client has not received relief care services in a nursing home during the previous six months, except in exceptional or extenuating circumstances.

New Brunswick resident client is incapacitated physically and/or mentally requiring care or supervision on a 24 hour basis.

Call (506) 364-4900, email office@drewnursinghome.ca, or use the website.

Phone

(506) 364-4900, (506) 364-4909

Email

office@drewnursinghome.ca

Website

https://drewnursinghome.ca/drew-nursing-home/relief-care-bed-program/