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other local health care provider.
Today the John Noble Home campus houses 156 long-
term care beds, a Day Program for community clients
with dementia, and 26 units of affordable housing for
independent seniors age 60 and older. The average
age of its long-term care population is 82, and the av-
erage length of stay is two years. Most of the long-term
residents have mobility problems, and require com-
plex care for their multiple diagnoses.
While the Home’s priority is city and county residents,
it cannot turn down long-term care patients based
on their residence. All applications to long-term care
homes in Canada are coordinated by each local CCAC
(Community Care Access Centre.) Applicants must go
through the CCAC process in order to be admitted to
the Home’s long term care services and Day Program
whereas the facility’s affordable housing units are ac-
cessed through the City of Brantford’s Housing Depart-
ment.
Donna Michaels, the John Noble Home’s Administra-
tor talks about some of the changes that continue to
occur at the Home, as well as some she’d like to see
take place. “Now we are talking about a campus of
care, as opposed to just long-term care, which is our
traditional roots. In addition to our long-term beds, we
have a day care program for people with dementia and
Alzheimer’s. We are seeing larger amounts of folks
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
The John Noble Home
WHAT:
A not-for-profit, municipally owned and
operated, long term care home.
WHERE:
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
WEBSITE
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