Young Adults: Long Term Care Facilities

Victoria Levack is one of 87 Nova Scotians between the ages of 30 and 49 who live in long-term care facilities. Some are hoping the outcry over long-term care facilities will bolster enthusiasm for government funding programs that make living at home a viable option. In a landmark decision issued on October 6th 2021, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal said the provincial government’s failure to offer people with disabilities “meaningful” access to housing and care is demonstrated by long wait lists. The human rights decision also concluded that there wasn’t wider discrimination regarding how housing and supports were provided by the state to people with disabilities.