Continuing Care – Home Care

Provided by: Government of Nova Scotia - Department of Health and Wellness

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Service Description

Home care is available to all Nova Scotians who need help with care in their homes and communities. This service is offered through the Continuing Care offices. Home care services supplement the help people already receive from their family, friends or community.

Through home care, people are able to remain as independent as possible by staying in their home and community. It is always the first option for care in the community. Home care services include:

Home support (such as personal care, respite and essential housekeeping)
Nursing (such as dressing changes, catheter care, intravenous therapy and palliative care)

Eligibility

Eligibility is assessed by a continuing care coordinator

Application Process

Applications are accepted by telephone • The one number to call to connect with Continuing Care services is 1-800-225-7225 (toll free across North America)

A care coordinator will help you assess your needs and the services that would best meet them. If you are already a client of Continuing Care, but feel your needs have changed, contact your care coordinator.

If you are calling from outside North America, about someone who lives in a community serviced by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, please call the appropriate number below:

• Annapolis and Kings Counties: 902-487-0297
• Cape Breton County, Northern and Central Inverness County and Victoria County: 902-487-0298
• Colchester County and Municipality of East Hants: 902-487-0296
• Cumberland County: 902-487-0296
• Guysborough, Antigonish and Richmond Counties and the southern portion of Inverness County: 902-487-0298
• Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County: 902-487-0607
• Pictou County: 902-487-0296
• Lunenburg and Queens Counties: 902-487-0297
• Digby, Shelburne and Yarmouth Counties: 902-487-0297