Long-term care provides specialized nursing and personal care services to individuals who can no longer live on their own, with family or home care supports. These services are provided while respecting each resident’s dignity and personal choices. Services are provided in both...
The Prince Edward Island Government has entered into a one-year funding agreement to enhance allied health services for residents at private long-term care homes. A total of $800,000, from the Canada-Prince Edward Island Aging with Dignity Funding Agreement announced in March...
It takes a special kind of person to work in long-term care. From cooks and cleaners to care workers and recreation teams, every person who walks through those doors becomes part of a larger story, and it’s a story filled with compassion and joy. These are the people who show up...
When a resident at a local long-term care facility recently became the first to receive a mobile chest X-ray on-site, she couldn’t have been more thrilled. “She was tickled pink,” said Samantha Gaudet, Director of Nursing at Whisperwood Villa in Charlottetown. “She kept telling...
The primary objectives of the Community Care Facilities and Nursing Homes Board are to ensure the provision in facilities of accommodation, care services and nursing services that are safe, of good quality and appropriate to the needs of the residents. What is the function of the...
Private long-term care homes across Prince Edward Island are seeing valuable improvements in resident care, thanks to a one-year funding agreement that expands access to allied health services. Announced in April, this support is part of the Canada–PEI Aging with Dignity Funding...
About Wedgewood Manor Wedgewood Manor is a 72-bed long-term care facility located in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. For further information about the facility, view the Wedgewood Manor Resident and Family Guide . What is the admission process? You or your loved one’s...
About Beach Grove Home Beach Grove Home is a 118-bed combined long-term care facility located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. There are three households (Meadow, Harbour and Sunset), each with dining and communal living spaces, as well as access to beautiful outdoor...
When Dr. Jessica Wood realized how many Island seniors were missing out on eye exams because they couldn’t get to a clinic, she knew something had to change. As an optometrist working across Prince County, she often met patients for whom travel was a major barrier, or simply not...