Planning for more care

• Help with meals, bathing, dressing, or medicationDay-to-day personal care or reminders that may be hard to manage alone or with current help at home.
• Support following an illness or hospital stayRecovery, therapy, or short-term help after a hospital discharge or serious illness.
• Supervision because of memory loss or confusionWandering risk, forgetting meals or medication, or needing watchful support for dementia or cognitive change.
• A safer living setting with some independenceMore support than at home, but not necessarily 24-hour nursing, for example when stairs, isolation, or falls are a concern.
• Nursing care available throughout the day and nightOngoing skilled nursing, complex medical needs, or care that cannot be met safely with periodic visits.
• Relief or respite for a family caregiverA break for an unpaid family member or friend who provides most of the day-to-day support.
• Help because the current arrangement is no longer safeThe person cannot be supported safely where they live now, even with more home help.
• An immediate abuse, neglect, wandering, or safety concernUrgent harm, suspected abuse or neglect, unsafe wandering, or a situation that feels dangerous right now.

Your selections help orient planning. Official assessments through the Extra-Mural Program or Long-Term Care Program determine which funded services or residential placement steps may apply.

1. Hide comparison details1Step 1Understand needs and safetyClarify daily care needs, home safety, and whether protection or urgent danger is involved.

   • List difficult daily tasks: meals, bathing, medication, mobility, and supervision needs.

   • Note changes after hospitalization or gradual decline.

   • Call 911 if someone is in immediate danger.

   • New Brunswick adult protection

     Reporting when an adult may need protection from abuse, neglect, or be unable to protect themselves.

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2. Show comparison details2Step 2Compare home care, special care homes, and nursing homesNew Brunswick uses separate programs for home health and long-term residential care. Compare before assuming one setting fits.
3. Show comparison details3Step 3Prepare for official assessmentsFunded home support, special care home placement, and nursing home placement all require Long-Term Care Program assessments. Extra-Mural has its own referral process.
4. Show comparison details4Step 4Understand costs and benefitsCosts differ between Extra-Mural home health, Long-Term Care Program home support, special care homes, and nursing homes.
5. Show comparison details5Step 5Apply, wait, and transitionService authorization and nursing home placement depend on assessment outcomes and regional capacity.