Bernard Lord's Conservatives first promised a new 75-bed nursing home for the Kennebecasis Valley during the 2003 election campaign. One year later, the government said the home would open in 2005.

"The cost per nursing home bed has gone from $180,000 to $300,000 in four years per individual bed," Higgs said. Landry said his nursing home was promised 20 more beds years ago.

Nearly 300 nursing home beds in New Brunswick are vacant because the homes don't have enough employees to take care of more residents. That's because there are nearly 400 job vacancies in the sector, ...

More LTC beds needed A shortage of long-term care beds is creating a "bottleneck," said William McGuigan, chair of the Nursing Home Association of P.E.I. "It has to go somewhere," McGuigan said.