Nova ScotiaNova Scotia government officials will help the 10 people who live in the Harbour Glen residential care facility find new community-based living arrangements.29 facilities in N.S. that are considered institutional settings must close by spring 2028Michael Gorman · CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2025 4:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesHarbour Glen, a residential care facility in Dartmouth, is slated to close in December. (Pat Callaghan/CBC)Nova Scotia government officials are preparing to help 10 people in a Dartmouth residential care facility find new community-based living arrangements.The operators of Harbour Glen have announced the site will close Dec. 15.Social Development Minister Barbara Adams said it’s an opportunity to take action that was going to be necessary anyway as part of a requirement to overhaul the disability support system.“The entire purpose of the remedy was to give people more choice as to where they’d like to live, the kind of life they’d like to have, and so it’s our job to support them when they are moving out into the community,” Adams said in an interview Wednesday.The remedy Adams referred to was the result of a human rights board process following a 2021 Court of Appeal ruling that the province was systemically discriminating against people with disabilities through inadequate housing and long waitlists for services.As part of the remedy, all 29 facilities in the province that are considered institutional settings must close by the spring of 2028. Residents are to be moved into community-based settings with the necessary supports in place.Adams’s predecessor, Scott Armstrong, said last June that he was “very confident” the government would be able to meet the 2028 deadline.Working with affected employeesThe planning for the necessary wraparound services residents will need and co-ordination for moves have been in the works since the remedy was established, Adams said.As they will with each remaining facility, the minister said co-ordinators will work with Harbour Glen residents and their families to provide the best possible options and “to make sure that the staffing needs and supports are exactly what they need, wherever they choose to live.”Harbour Glen employs three people full time, 10 people part time and one on a casual basis.A news release from Adams’s department said work is underway with the facility operator and union representatives to support the employees and help them find new jobs within the sector.MORE TOP STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHORMichael Gorman covers the Nova Scotia legislature for CBC, with additional focuses on health care and rural communities. Contact him with story ideas at michael.gorman@cbc.ca
Dartmouth residential care facility to close, residents to move into community
