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Community overview

Arborstone Enhanced Care is a nursing home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, home to 190 residents. The four-storey building is divided into four distinct communities, with living, dining and activity rooms and a back garden. Arborstone is one of the few nursing homes in Nova Scotia to offer long term care for young adults with disabilities in a dedicated neighbourhood.

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Arborstone Enhanced Care is a 190-resident nursing home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with 24-hour nursing and a young adult neighbourhood.

Care & support

Nursing staff are on duty 24 hours a day, supported by a professional interdisciplinary health care team that includes a dietitian, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

Care & support

Each resident receives individualized assessment and care planning. Services also include a palliative approach to care, pain and symptom management, and spiritual services.

Care & support

A dedicated neighbourhood for young adults offers specialized care, services, programs and activities suited to a younger age group.

Rooms & living spaces

Rooms are fully furnished single and double rooms with private or semi-private washrooms, and wheelchair accessible rooms are available. Residents can add their own decorations.

Rooms & living spaces

Rooms include a 24-hour emergency call system. Housekeeping and laundry service is provided, and telephone and cable service is optional.

Dining & meals

Meals are developed and prepared by a team of chefs and cooks at the Culinary Centre in Halifax, with menus designed to include fresh, seasonal and local products where possible.

Dining & meals

Dietitians complete a nutritional assessment with each resident to understand dietary requirements, allergies, sensitivities and food preferences.

Activities & connection

Recreation staff get to know each resident and design activities around their hobbies and interests, using a wellness approach that spans six dimensions: physical, intellectual, social, vocational, emotional and spiritual.

Activities & connection

Programs include musical entertainment, garden and horticultural activities, community and cultural events, holiday celebrations, intergenerational and volunteer programs, and friendly pet visits.

Activities & connection

A Resident Council and a Family Council are part of life at Arborstone.

Shared spaces & amenities

The building has a nursing station and kitchen servery, along with bright and spacious living, dining and activity rooms, and hairdressing and barber services.

Location & getting around

Arborstone is on Purcells Cove Road in Halifax, with a back garden that feels removed from the city while being only minutes away from it.