What’s New

Together we have created a wonderful culture and in my opinion the glue that holds us all together is our commitment to our Core Values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety.

This is the 26th year that our “Lights of Love” Christmas tree will be lit to honour individuals in whose name donations have been made. Those honoured do not have to be Residents of the R.K.

This Core Values Video was created with the intention to remind us as an RK Community of the importance of living our Core Values each and every day in support of our mission and vision.

We are proud to bring you this window in the operations and work behind-the-scenes that helps keep the RK MacDonald a healthy, safe, and vibrant community for our residents.

Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) are part of a dedicated team of individuals committed to providing high quality care. Every day the CCAs enhance the lives of our residents. Thank you all for the valuable and important work you do.

This month is a time to recognize and celebrate the commitment to quality care and compassion by all the employees delivering care to our residents.

We have one resident confirmed positive for Covid-19, this case is in Brambleberry care area. We have implemented the necessary precautions to prevent spread and are being proactive with screening, testing and implementing additional precautions when applicable.

The following NSCC sites still have CCA seats available for September term.

On June 12th the RK MacDonald Nursing home was proud to recognize the many years of dedicated service provided by our employees.

It has been a busy year for the RK MacDonald Nursing Home Board of Directors. As I write this, our Home continues to address and live with the challenges of a post Pandemic. Now more than ever it is so important to thank the staff of the RK for their dedication, support and the incredible care provided during these challenging times.

We are looking for Nurses to support our team in providing the best person centered care to our valuable residents.

We are pleased to share a project update about the LTC Digital Transformation (also known as the interRAI Project). The goal of this project is to implement an assessment that will identify a resident’s needs and can be used to develop more effective care plans and interventions leading to improved resident care and health outcomes.

The RK MacDonald Nursing Home welcomes pet visits for your loved ones. Prior to and during your visit, there are just a few things to keep in mind to get the most out of your visit.

The RK MacDonald is looking into alternative methods to keep residents with high risk of elopement safe that will increase visitors’ access to the main entrance.

In July 2025, the Sisters of St. Martha celebrated not only the Saints, Martha, Mary, and Lazarus – they also celebrated their 125th year of congregation.

Our theme this year for the Lights of Love campaign is “Resident Mobility Companions”. This will allow residents to experience outings in the community.

For the past 3 years, Terry MacIntyre (CEO) has presented a bi-annual education session at Dalhousie University for their Leadership in Continuing Care program.

On September 25th, 2025, the RK MacDonald Nursing Home Corporation hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM).